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Autoridades rehusan dar protección a periodista mexicano

July 8, 1999 — El CPJ está profundamente preocupado por la seguridad física de Jesús Barraza, director del semanario Pulso en la población de San Luis Río Colorado, estado de Sonora, México. Tal como dijimos en las cartas al presidente Ernesto Zedillo del 13 de mayo y 14 de junio, Barraza ha recibido varias amenazas…

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Crusader’s Life in the Balance

Los Angeles Time Editorial Jesus Barraza has good reason to fear for his life. He is a crusading journalist in the small town of San Luis Rio Colorado in Mexico, just a few miles from Yuma, Ariz., and home to a criminal ring that transports drugs and people to the United States and returns to…

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CPJ Concerned for the safety of Jesús Barraza

June 14,1999 Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León President of Mexico Los Pinos Mexico City, MEXICO Your Excellency, The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is writing to express its growing concern for the safety of Jesús Barraza, editor of the weekly magazine  Pulso in San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora. As we stated in the letter sent…

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CPJ preocupado por seguridad fisica de Jesús Barraza

14 de junio de 1999 Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León Presidente de México Los Pinos Ciudad de México, MEXICO Su Excelencia, El Comité para la Proteccion de Periodistas (CPJ) a través de esta carta quiere expresar su creciente preocupación por la seguridad de Jesús Barraza, editor del semanario Pulso en San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora. Como…

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Barraza and his Family Threatened

May 13, 1999 Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León President of Mexico Los Pinos Mexico City, MEXICO Your Excellency, The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is writing to express its deep concern for the safety of Jesús Barraza, editor of the weekly magazine Pulso in San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora State. At 9 p.m. on May 4,…

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Barraza and his Family Threatened

13 de mayo de 1999 Presidente de México Los Pinos Ciudad de México, MEXICO Su Excelencia, El Comité para la Protección de Periodistas le escribe esta carta para expresarle nuestra gran preocupación por la seguridad física de Jesús Barraza, director de la revista semanal Pulso en San Luis Río Colorado, estado de Sonora. A las…

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118 Journalists Imprisoned in 25 Countries

Washington, D.C., March 25 — The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) reported today in its annual worldwide study of press freedom that at least 118 journalists were in prison in 25 countries at the end of 1998, and 24 journalists in 17 countries were murdered during the year in reprisal for their reporting.

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CPJ and the World

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Mexico’s Journalists Move to Secure Press Freedom

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Welcome to Dangerous Assignments

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