International Press Freedom Group Denounces Murder of Guatemalan Journalist
An international press freedom group denounced the murder of a journalist in Guatemala whose death threats went ignored by government officials.
An international press freedom group denounced the murder of a journalist in Guatemala whose death threats went ignored by government officials.
Mexican authorities discovered the body of a previously kidnapped radio journalist from Michoacán. His death marks the first murder of its kind in 2020. Authorities have not released a motive for the murder.
After years of living in fear from a Mexican drug cartel responsible for countless horrors, residents in the border city of Piedras Negras are no longer afraid to call out politicians with family ties to those criminal organizations.
Suspected Mexican cartel gunmen murdered yet another Mexican reporter in the resort state of Baja California Sur. The attack marks the fourth murder of a Mexican journalist within a matter of weeks.
The murder of a respected journalist in the Mexican state of Chihuahua appears to be driven by her work exposing the close ties between government officials and the Juarez Cartel. One of those investigations pointed to the mother-in-law of a cartel boss trying to run for mayor, while others looked into how the former governor of that state protected certain criminal organizations.
A Mexican cartel appears to be behind the murder of a respected journalist in the border state of Chihuahua. At the crime scene, cartel members left a note stating that the murder was due to her reporting.
Mexican authorities continue to look into how another journalist was murdered in Veracruz, making him the 20th killed in that state in the past six years.
The United Nations agency tasked with defending the free press has joined other human rights groups in condemning the murder of a journalist in Texas.