Targeting Journalists One By One: Killing the Messenger in Mexico Eduardo Stanley - VOXXI
go to original January 15, 2015

As the world followed, horrified, the development of the news regarding the killing of 12 journalists in Paris in an apparent “revenge” for criticizing the Islam, across the ocean another country faces a similar situation, but in a different fashion: in Mexico journalists are killed one at a time.

According to Reporters Without Borders, “Mexico, ranked 152nd of 180 countries in the Reporters Without Borders 2014 world press freedom index, is one of the deadliest countries in the world for journalists.”

Certainly, not it’s a title to be proud of. And in most cases, no suspects were convicted. There is no one single motive for these killings in Mexico, and religion doesn’t play a role.

Some of the latest attacks against journalists in Mexico:

• January 2, 2015: Moises Sanchez Cerezo was kidnapped in Veracruz state; police involvement is suspected.

• November 20, 2014: Fourteen journalists were attacked while covering a massive protest in Mexico City with regards to the disappearance of 43 students in Guerrero state.

• November 11, 2014: Seven journalists were attacked and injured while covering a similar protest in Chilpancingo, the state capital of Guerrero.

• October 24, 2014: The body of Antonio Gamboa Urias, editor of the magazine Nueva Prensa, of Ahome, Sinaloa state, was found 13 days after his disappearance.

• October 15, 2014: María del Rosario Fuentes Rubio, a netizen, was kidnapped and killed. She was part of the social network Valor Por Tamaulipas, a citizen information service focusing on violence and organized crimes. Her family left the country a few days later.

• October 11, 2014: Talk show host Atilano Roman was killed while broadcasting live his show “Así es mi Tierra,” in Mazatlan, Sinaloa state. Roman was a critic of the government and organized protests demanding farmers to be compensated for the flooding of their lands due to the construction of the Picachos dam.

So, why have so many journalists been killed and why does the world seem not to care?

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