Authorities in Mexico are investigating the murder of a journalist whose body was found with his hands tied and with tape over his eyes in the southern state of Chiapas. The killing comes as international press freedom organizations continue to label Mexico as one of the most dangerous countries in the world for news workers.
Authorities in Mexico confirmed the apparent kidnapping of three journalists in the state of Nayarit. Police found one of the victims murdered over the weekend. While the cases appear unrelated, the common denominator is the victims are all journalists, authorities revealed.
The son of a murdered Mexican journalist publicly accused a well-known activist from the border city of Nuevo Laredo of using his human rights organization to defend gunmen from the Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los Zetas. The son also
The Parliament of the European Union issued a historic condemnation of the escalating trend in the killing of Mexico’s media workers and activists. The parliament called Mexico the most dangerous country for journalists outside of an active warzone and asked for the Mexican government to take better steps to protect them.
Mexican authorities confirmed the murder of a crime journalist in the central state of Zacatecas. The killing is the eighth of its kind since the start of the year.
Mexican authorities are investigating the murder of a journalist in the border city of Ciudad Juarez. The murder comes as Mexican government officials continue their claim that safety in Mexico is improving. The murder took place on Thursday night in
Mexican authorities confirmed the murder and beheading of a journalist from the beach tourist hotspot of Acapulco who went missing last week.
Press freedom organizations in Mexico denounced the murder of yet another journalist who died from at least four stab wounds. The journalist had previously been the target of threats for his reporting on corrupt activities in Central Mexico.
A team of gunmen in Central Mexico ambushed and killed a journalist as he drove home from work. The slaying marks the 19th murder of a journalist in Mexico this year and the second of its kind since a new preside
An unknown assailant murdered a Mexican journalist in front of his daughter and grandson. His death marks the first murder of a journalist this year in Tamaulipas and the second murder of a journalist in Mexico since the start of 2018. The two murders took place only 8 days apart.
The ongoing wave of impunity that gives cartels and corrupt public officials the ability to murder journalists led to the murder of the 11th Mexican journalist this year. A team of gunmen dressed as cops kidnapped and murdered a photo-journalist in the central Mexican state of San Luis Potosi.
A journalist from Mexico City working to expose the inner workings of a local cartel is the target of increasing death threats. The warnings come at a time when Mexico continues to be a hotspot for murdering reporters.
Authorities confirmed the murder of yet another Mexican journalist, marking 10 unsolved cases by suspected cartel gunmen in six months.
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The staff of the weekly newspaper Riodoce normally meets on Wednesdays to review its plans for coverage of the most recent mayhem wrought in Sinaloa state by organized crime, corrupt officials and ceaseless drug wars. But on this day, in the shadow of their own tragedy, they’ve come together to talk about security.
Mexico recorded the ninth murder of a journalist in a span of five months as cartel gunmen continue to silence investigative reporters.
Journalists throughout Mexico gathered at the main plaza square in Mexico City to demand an end to the ongoing murder of their colleagues. The Mexican government was quick to erase the message.