Threats and physical attacks against journalists in Mexico increased in “number and level” during the little more than a year that Claudia Sheinbaum has been in charge of the Government, with twelve informants murdered since she took office, the Civic Proposal Research and Training Center reported this Monday.
In a statement, the organization specialized in defending freedom of expression warned of the situation that journalism is experiencing in the country, with an uptick in episodes of violence against the profession at all levels.
Given this situation, he recalled that the Mexican Government is “responsible” for guaranteeing the protection and safety of journalists so that they can exercise their freedom of expression, while demanding that these events against them “do not go unpunished.”
As a summary, he highlighted that in the little more than a year of Sheinbaum’s six-year term, twelve journalists were murdered, the last of them a month ago in Durango, where his body was found next to a road with an “intimidating message that would link his murder to his journalistic work.”
You may be interested: Seven journalists murdered in 2025: Amnesty International on Miguel Ángel Beltrán
They report threats and harassment against journalists after several events in the country
In addition, the Civic Proposal Research and Training Center warned that in the last month there was “an uptick” in cases of physical attacks on the profession by public officials in a context in which “judicial harassment does not stop growing.”
As an example, he cited the threats and digital harassment that journalists reported following the murder in early November of the municipal president of Uruapan, Carlos Manzo, in Michoacán.
He also pointed out the attacks suffered by reporters during the coverage of different protests around the country in recent weeks, most of them, he assured, committed by the police themselves.
For all these reasons, the organization asked that these complaints be addressed “effectively”, since if this is not done “it is a matter of a short time before another journalist is attacked”: “How many murdered journalists will this six-year term need to respond?”, it was asked.
According to data from Reporters Without Borders (RSF), this century more than 150 informants were murdered and 28 disappeared in Mexico, which it ranks as one of the “most dangerous and deadly countries in the world” for journalists.
With information from EFE
Do you like to get informed through Google News? Follow our Showcase to have the best stories
