No Excuse: Mexico must break cycle of impunity in journalists' murders
May 2, 2017 5:00 PM ET
Mexico’s press is caught in a deadly cycle of violence and impunity, with journalists in Veracruz state at particular risk of kidnap and murder. Despite authorities appointing a special prosecutor to investigate crimes against freedom of expression and establishing a...
Mexican newspaper editor shot and wounded in Veracruz
March 29, 2017 4:19 PM ET
Mexico City, March 29, 2017--Mexican authorities should credibly and thoroughly investigate today's shooting of veteran journalist Armando Arrieta Granados, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Arrieta, the editorial director of the daily Veracruz newspaper La Opinión, was shot and...
Why the governor of Veracruz should resign
February 12, 2016 4:46 PM ET
EDITOR'S NOTE: This article was originally published, in Spanish, on Univision.com. The state of Veracruz has become one of the world's most lethal regions for the press. According to research by the Committee to Protect Journalists, when you include...
Body of missing Veracruz crime reporter Anabel Flores Salazar found in neighboring state
February 9, 2016 7:44 PM ET
New York, February 9, 2016--The body of Anabel Flores Salazar, a reporter for El Sol de Orizaba who was abducted from her home near the city of Orizaba in Veracruz on Monday, was found today in the neighboring state of...