How state agents target journalists while governments claim to protect them – stark warnings from Mexico and Honduras

How state agents target journalists while governments claim to protect them – stark warnings from Mexico and Honduras

Humberto Padgett was reporting on the effects of drought in Cuitzeo, a rural area of central Mexico, when his car was intercepted by armed men on September 13 2024. They threatened him and stole the car, his identity papers and work equipment, including two bullet-proof jackets. Padgett, a Mexican investigative journalist and author, was reporting on Mexico’s growing environmental worries for national talk radio station Radio Fórmula. It proved …

In Mexico and Honduras, state agents target journalists while governments claim to protect them - Index on Censorship

This article was commissioned and first published by The Conversation – the news, science and arts website written entirely by academics. You can read the original version here. Humberto Padgett was reporting on the effects of drought in Cuitzeo, a rural area of central Mexico, when his car was intercepted by armed men on September 13 2024. They threatened him and stole the car, his identity papers and work equipment, including two bullet-proof …