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 …

Chihuahua, Chih.- Since 2000, 15 journalists have been murdered in Chihuahua, out of 168 records from all over the country, placing the entity in third place national of Mexico, considered by Article 19 as one of the most dangerous for the information exercise. Data from the international civil group show the entity tied with the state of Oaxaca, surpassed in incidence by Veracruz, with 31 cases, and Guerrero, with 17 murders during the last fou…

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 …

According to the IAPA, the Observatory for Democracy noted that 15 senior officials of the current government lead this policy of violence.