Mexican photojournalist who fled violent Veracruz state murdered in capital
August 3, 2015 4:14 PM ET
Mexico City, August 3, 2015--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the murder of Mexican photojournalist Rubén Espinosa and calls on authorities to investigative all motives in the killing and ensure the perpetrators are held to account. Espinosa, who had fled...
Getting Away With Murder
April 16, 2014 12:01 AM ET
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Mexican press fails to question Martínez murder case
April 30, 2013 11:17 AM ET
He certainly looked guilty of something, and as if he'd finally been caught. With either his head down or with a kind of scared, dead-eyed stare, in a white jumpsuit, in front of the four Veracruz state police officers...
Officials, journalists cast doubt on Veracruz murder case
November 2, 2012 5:17 PM ET
Veracruz is a beautiful, long, thin state on the Gulf coast of Mexico where many journalists are terrified not only of the rampant organized crime groups that kill and control, but also of the state government. Fear that state...
Body of Mexican journalist found beaten, strangled
April 30, 2012 4:39 PM ET
New York, April 30, 2012--Authorities must immediately investigate the murder of Mexican journalist Regina Martínez Pérez, determine the motive, and ensure the perpetrators are brought to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. The body of Martínez was...