Mexicans protest journalist killings, call for protection
January 26, 2022
5:42 AM CST
Last Updated 21 hours ago
Americas
Reuters
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January 26, 2022
5:42 AM CST
Last Updated 21 hours ago
Americas
Mexicans protest journalist killings, call for protection
Reuters
2 minute read
MEXICO CITY, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Mexican journalists on Tuesday started nationwide protests to denounce the recent murders of three reporters, demanding an end to impunity that has often characterized the killings of their colleagues.
The protests follow the murder of seasoned journalist Lourdes Maldonado on Sunday, some three years after she raised the issue of killings with President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and said she feared for her life.
Protesters in the central state of Puebla laid flowers and candles on the street along with signs that read "I'm angry at censorship", television footage showed, while in the northern state of Chihuahua protesters scrawled on a wall "Journalism is a risk" and drew the face of Maldonado.
Israel Ibarra, president at a Baja California communications college, said if government and society failed to act they would be "complicit" not only in the murders of Maldonado and others but "the murder of freedom of expression in Mexico".
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https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexican-reporters-plan-nationwide-protests-over-journalist-killings-2022-01-25/
