Semanario Playa News Archives - Committee to Protect Journalists

A member of the press hangs pictures of colleagues during a protest against the murder or disappearance of journalists in Mexico in front of the National Palace in Mexico City on June 1, 2018. Mexican cameraman Javier Enrique Rodríguez Valladares was killed in Cancún, in the southern state of Quintana Roo, on August 29. (AFP/Yuri Cortez)

Mexican cameraman killed in Quintana Roo

August 30, 2018 7:23 PM EDT

Mexico City, August 30, 2018–The Committee to Protect Journalists urges Mexican authorities to undertake an immediate and credible investigation into the killing of Javier Enrique Rodríguez Valladares, a cameraman for a local television broadcaster based in Cancún, in the southern Mexican state of Quintana Roo. Rodríguez Valladares was shot by unknown assailants around 6:00 p.m.…

Members of the press hold images of colleagues during a protest against the murder or disappearance of journalists and photojournalists in Mexico, in front of the National Palace in Mexico City on June 1, 2018. Mexican journalist and media owner Rubén Pat was killed in Playa del Carmen, in the southern Mexican state of Quintana Roo, on July 24. (AFP/Yuri Cortez)

Mexican journalist and media owner killed in Quintana Roo

July 25, 2018 5:37 PM EDT

Mexico City, July 25, 2018–Authorities in the southern Mexican state of Quintana Roo must undertake a swift, credible, and exhaustive investigation into the murder of journalist and media owner Rubén Pat Cauich. Pat was shot to death by an unknown attacker on July 24 in a bar in the coastal resort city of Playa del…

Journalists protest for the murder of colleague José Guadalupe Chan Dzib outside the City Hall in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo state, Mexico, on June 30, 2018. Chan was shot dead on June 29 in Sabán, in Quintana Roo. (AFP/Joel Tzab)

Mexican journalist killed in Quintana Roo

July 5, 2018 2:53 PM EDT

Mexico City, July 5, 2018–Authorities in the southern Mexican state of Quintana Roo must immediately undertake a swift and credible investigation into the shooting death of journalist José Guadalupe Chan Dzib and bring those responsible to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Chan Dzib was shot and killed by an unknown assailant in…

In this file photo, municipal police block a street in Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico, January 17, 2017. (Reuters/Victor Ruiz Garcia)

Mexican journalist says he was attacked, threatened by police

June 29, 2017 6:20 PM EDT

Mexico City, June 29, 2017–Mexican authorities should swiftly and credibly investigate the alleged assault of journalist Rubén Pat, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Pat, the co-founder of the online news resource Semanario Playa News, told CPJ that police beat him, detained him overnight, and threatened him for his reporting.