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Threats Against Journalists

Mexico City community journalist says he received death threats on Instagram

"Community journalist Max Emiliano Negrete González, who documents the lives and struggles of Indigenous communities in southern Mexico City, reported receiving death threats through Instagram. One anonymous account sent him a message saying he had 'eight days to live.' He said the threats may be tied to his reporting on land and territorial defense issues […]

Leader of FARC dissidents in Colombia threatens government, journalists and electoral process

“In a video released in the last few hours, alias Iván Mordisco, top leader of the FARC dissidents, reappeared to issue a series of warnings while the country is still debating the recent bombing in which several minors recruited by that armed group died. The message, recorded in a jungle area, mixes political speeches, unfounded […]

Exiled Nicaraguan journalist says Costa Rica recommended she leave country following threats

"Jennifer Ortiz, a Nicaraguan journalist who became a naturalized Spanish citizen and is the director of the Nicaragua Investiga platform [living in Costa Rica], reported on Wednesday [Nov. 12] that, after receiving death threats, Costa Rican authorities recommended she abandon journalism and delete the content of her work in the media outlet she has directed […]

Mexican crime reporter threatened with note left beside human remains

"Journalist Paco Cedeño, known for covering crime and public safety in the eastern state of Morelos, received a death threat through an intimidating message left next to human remains in the town of Cuautla. The threat was reported Monday, Nov. 10, when, according to local media, residents in the area alerted authorities after finding a […]

Mexican journalist Adela Navarro denounces intimidation by businessman with armed bodyguards in newsroom

"Journalist Adela Navarro, co-director of Semanario Zeta, filed a complaint with the Attorney General's Office of the State of Baja California (FGE) in Mexico for acts of intimidation that occurred at her offices. The complaint arose after businessman Manuel Cisneros Romero, accompanied by his lawyer and armed bodyguards, visited the media outlet's offices on Friday, […]

Far-right activist in Portugal arrested after death threats against Brazilian journalist

"A far-right activist from Portugal, accused of making death threats to a Brazilian journalist, was arrested on Tuesday (Oct. 21) in Vila Nova, in the Metropolitan region of Porto, in the north of the country, and had his preventive detention ordered by the Court after going through his first hearing this Thursday (Oct. 23). Bruno […]

Mexican journalist is allegedly threatened by senator over article, Article 19 reports

The organization Article 19 reported alleged threats and intimidation against Mexican journalist Antonio Nieto by Senator Ricardo Sheffield, following the publication of an article on an investigation by the Mexican Attorney General's Office that allegedly links the senator to a corruption case. Sheffield denied the existence of such an investigation and accused Nieto of fabricating […]

Mexican journalist reports being victim of attack after documenting alleged spy ring in San Luis Potosí

“At President Claudia Sheinbaum’s morning press conference on Monday [Oct. 6], San Luis Potosí journalist Anahí Torres denounced that she and two other colleagues were the victims of ‘an attack.’ The attack occurred on Oct. 2, just after Torres posted about an ‘alleged espionage network in the state’ that ‘due to its reach on social […]

Peruvian journalist threatened with bullets left at his workplace and home

“Radio Universal, a media outlet based in Ayaviri [Peru], reported that three bullets were found as a threat directed against journalist Dennis Muñoz, director of the news program Chekaq Willakuykuna – Rijchariy Melgarino, one at the main door of the radio station and two at his home during the early hours of the morning. According […]

Crime and censorship threaten press freedom more than ever, say journalists in Guerrero, Mexico

"Journalists in Chilpancingo [in the Mexican state of Guerrero] issued a statement saying that media workers are going through the worst period in their history: ‘Never before has freedom of expression been so threatened and at risk, both due to organized crime violence and the censorship imposed by those in political power and control of […]

Mayor of Lima, Peru, threatens journalist Gustavo Gorriti

“During the inauguration of the still-unfinished Via Expresa Sur megaproject, Lima Mayor Rafael López Aliaga held a press conference, during which he attacked journalist Gustavo Gorriti and threatened to kill him using slang from the Peruvian underworld. 'We have to take this gentleman out once and for all,' he said, indicating that Gorriti would be […]

Federation of Journalists of Peru condemns intimidation and death threats against journalist

The Federation of Journalists of Peru (FPP, for its acronym in Spanish) strongly rejected and condemned the intimidation and threats against journalist Luis Fernando Ramos Tenazoa, former president of the Federated Center of Journalists of Iquitos, in the Peruvian Amazon. On Aug. 26, the organization issued a statement denouncing that Ramos Tenazoa had received death […]