IPFA Awardee Adela Navarro Targeted by Phone Threats in Mexico - Committee to Protect Journalists
- Adela Navarro, editorial director of the Tijuana-based magazine Zeta, received threatening phone calls in Mexico City on May 23, 2025.
- The threats followed an April 28 article by Zeta exposing a clandestine grave used by organized crime, highlighting a surge in violence against Mexican reporters this year.
- Zeta has faced repeated attacks from both authorities and organized crime, including banners warning about their reputation and past murders of several journalists from the outlet.
- Between late April and mid-May, the magazine received eight threatening phone calls, including one from an unknown male who warned, "tell Adela Navarro to be careful."
- The Committee to Protect Journalists and its Mexico representative urge authorities to investigate these calls and ensure the safety of Navarro and her staff amid ongoing risks.
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IPFA awardee Adela Navarro targeted by phone threats in Mexico - Committee to Protect Journalists
Mexico City, May 23, 2025—Mexican authorities must immediately investigate a series of threatening phone calls targeting Adela Navarro, the editorial director of Tijuana-based weekly magazine Zeta, and take all appropriate steps to guarantee her and her staff’s safety, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Friday. “The threats against Adela Navarro, amid a spike in violence against Mexican reporters since the beginning of the year,are deeply…
Adela Navarro, Director of ZETA Tijuana, Denounces Threats Against Her: Article 19 Calls for Protection
Adela Navarro, director general of the weekly ZETA Tijuana, has received at least eight threats against her, allegedly because of her journalistic work, between April 29 and May 16, a topic for which organizations have requested investigations from the authorities, in addition to condemning the violent acts against her.Article 19, in her offices for Mexico and Central America, said that the journalist has received at least eight calls in which a…
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