"The deputy director of Global Mexico, Cayetano de Jesús Guerrero, was killed on Friday [Jan. 17] night by armed men while he was in the parking lot of the San Antonio parish, in the center of Teoloyucan, State of Mexico. Following the events, ARTICLE 19 reported that the journalist had received threats at his home […]
"Journalist Moyses Zúñiga Santiago, originally from Chiapas, was reported missing. The last communication his family had with him was on Tuesday, Jan. 14. The last time he spoke with his family he was in the Alameda, located in the Historic Center, in the Cuauhtémoc municipality of Mexico City. According to the search card issued by […]
"The head of the Attorney General's Office of the State of Michoacán [in Mexico], Adrián López Solís, announced that a second person implicated in the murder of journalist Mauricio Cruz Solís, which occurred on Oct. 29, 2024, has been identified. In a press conference held at Casa Michoacán, the prosecutor said that investigations are continuing […]
“Members of the journalist collective NiUnoMás in Michoacán, Mexico, demanded authorities hand over to the family of journalist Mauricio Cruz Solís all the information available on his murder. Given the lack of information from the State Attorney General's Office, the collective said in a statement that, two months since the murder of Cruz Solis in […]
"Authorities from the State Attorney General's Office (FGE, for its initials in Spanish) opened an investigation after unknown individuals left a narcomanta [a banner with intimidating messages that drug traffickers usually leave in public places] on public roads in the city of Tijuana, Baja California, with mention of newspapers and the well-known weekly Zeta. [...] […]
"A journalist, whose name is omitted for security reasons, from the sports media outlet Mediotiempo, was the victim of multiple attacks during his coverage of Liga MX soccer on Dec. 8. Among the attacks documented by ARTICLE 19 are physical attacks by directors of the Cruz Azul Soccer Club and security personnel at the venue, […]
“Journalist Raymundo Riva Palacio obtained a definitive amparo judgment against the statements made at the [morning press conferences known as] 'mañaneras' of former [Mexican] President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. A judge ruled in favor of the appeal filed by the columnist, who claimed violation of his human rights. Riva Palacio said that he filed this appeal […]
“Organizations Article 19 - Office for Mexico and Central America, and Comunicación e Información de la Mujer A.C. (CIMAC) make an urgent call to the authorities of the federal government [of Mexico] and the state of Morelos to safeguard the life and integrity of Yohali Reséndiz, writer and independent journalist, who was the victim of […]
"Sports journalist Marion Reimers obtained a 'historic' resolution from a judge that orders the federal mechanism for the protection of journalists to immediately give her protection measures against the digital violence that she has faced for 15 years as a sports communicator, the soccer commentator and her legal team announced this Thursday [Dec. 7]. 'There […]
"Noé Zavaleta, a journalist from Veracruz [Mexico] was abducted around 1:00 a.m. this Wednesday [Dec. 4] in Guadalajara, but he was released three hours later when confusion about his identity was clarified, reported journalist Ricardo Ravelo. [...] Ricardo Ravelo reported around 6:00 a.m. this Wednesday that Noé Zavaleta was released after the criminal group that […]
"A group of 25 civil society organizations from seven Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico and Nicaragua) presented a report to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on trends in indirect censorship of freedom of expression in the region. At the hearing “Affectations on the Right to Freedom of Expression […]
“On Tuesday morning [Dec, 3] journalist Adriano Bachega Olvera, editor in chief of the news portal Diario Digital Online in Nuevo León, Mexico, was murdered. The Nuevo Leon Attorney General's Office confirmed that the attack occurred this Tuesday, around 9:45 a.m., on Lazaro Cardenas Avenue, near the border between Monterrey and San Pedro Garza Garcia. […]