Mexican authorities must immediately undertake a thorough and credible investigation into the killing of journalist Julio Valdivia and bring the perpetrators to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is worried about a new wave of violence against journalists in Mexico, with two murders in the space of two days in the southern state of Oaxaca. The need for effective government measures to protect journalists and guarantee their safety is imperative.
A journalist was shot dead as he left his radio station in southern Mexico on Thursday while a second reporter was murdered in an eastern state, officials said.
Mexican authorities on Friday were investigating the murder of a journalist in the southeastern state of Tabasco, as a prominent press watchdog group expressed concern over the killing and urged transparency in the probe.
The top prosecutor in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca has opened an investigation into the killing of a radio journalist.
The body of a journalist who was abducted by armed men three weeks ago has been found in eastern Mexico, authorities said Sunday, adding that a former police officer has confessed to carrying out the crime allegedly at the request of the town's mayor.
A journalist and her husband were murdered by kidnappers in the western Mexican state of Nayarit, a spokesman of the state Attorney General's Office told Efe news agency
Drug cartel members in the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico, kidnapped and murdered a female citizen journalist, posting images of her dead body on her own Twitter account, according to citizen news hub Valor por Tamaulipas.
A Mexican reporter missing since October 10 was found dead with gunshot wounds, state authorities said Thursday in Sinaloa in north-western Mexico.
The Mexican radio presenter and activist Atilano Roman was shot dead during a live broadcast of his weekly programme in the northwestern state of Sinaloa.