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Tuesday, January 25 at 19:30 GMT:
Mexico is considered the most dangerous world in the world for journalists outside of the war zones, and earlier this year, three journalists were killed.
Sunday, Tijuana reporter Lourdes Maldonado Lopez was found dead in his car when he got home. Lopez, who has spoken out about corruption and politics, has already endured threats related to his work and has signed up for the Mexican media protection program.
One week ago, Tijuana photographer Margarito Martinez was also found dead in front of his house. His assassination came a week after another journalist, Jose Luis Gamboa, was assassinated in Veracruz state. Martínez was notorious for reporting on violence in Tijuana when Gamboa issued a statement protesting the government’s crackdown on terrorist groups.
According to Reporters Without Borders (RSF), at least 47 journalists have been killed in Mexico over the past five years. Seven people have been killed in 2021 alone, and at least 25 journalists have been killed since President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador took office in 2018.
Journalists’ rights groups say the number of journalists killed and the extinction of journalists in Mexico are unpunished and suffering due to a lack of proper investigation.
In this issue of The Stream, we will discuss the experiences of Mexican journalists and their efforts to protect them.
In this episode of The Stream, we talk to:
Jan Albert Hootsen, @jahootsen
Representative of Mexico, Press Protection Committee
Andalusia K. Soloff, @Andalalucha
an independent journalist
George Mdzukulu, @nietonorte
an independent journalist
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