violence against journalists

State governor promotes joint efforts with Minister of Interior and Attorney General to find perpetrators of the crime, while Mexican Human Rights Commission condemns killing

Roberta Jacobson, the first U.S. female ambassador to Mexico, noted that Miroslava Breach suffered from the kind of violence that “seeks to silence truth and freedom of speech”

MEXICO-VIOLENCE: The wounded editor is in hospital, while local media said he was in "grave" condition

U.S. ambassador to Mexico, Roberta Jacobson, urged that violence against journalists does not remain unpunished

Miroslava Breach Velducea is the second journalist murdered in Mexico in less than a week

Ricardo Monluí Cabrera led “El Político” and was editor of "Crisol" a politics and society column from "El sol de Córdoba y Xalapa" newspaper

Cecilio Pinneda Brito, founder of La Voz de Tierra Caliente, collaborated with various other media outlets and also published reports via Facebook, was apparently receiving threats on a weekly basis, mostly through social media

The civil resistance was crashed by the anti-riot police, while some protesters, as well as journalists, were beaten

The Federal Police reported that 4 policemen were severely injured after a truck, property of “Del Valle Spare Parts Shop”, broke through the police siege. Lower Chamber requests investigation on the attacks suffered by journalists in same event

A correspondent of EL UNIVERSAL, her husband and reporter, as well as a photojournalist were beaten during the round up of protesters encamped on the PEMEX facilities in Tijuana, Baja California, the whereabouts of two of them remain unknown