Cristian Carlos.
Mexico is the most dangerous country for practicing journalism according to the United Nations and various specialized international organizations such as Reporters Without Borders, the Committee to Protect Journalists, Article 19, among others.
Just 24 days into 2022, three journalists have been murdered. On Sunday, January 23, journalist Lourdes Maldonado was brutally shot to death in the city of Tijuana, Baja California. During 2021, the civil association Communication and Information for Women – CIMAC – documented that every 38 hours a female journalist or communicator is subjected to some type of violence for her work in communication.
Added to this is the death of journalists José Luis Gamboa and Margarito Martínez in recent days.
In 2021, the International Press Institute (IPI) reported that Mexico reported the deaths of 11 journalists and media professionals in the course of their reporting.
According to the non-profit organization Article 19, since 2000, 148 journalists have lost their lives as a result of their journalistic work, with 2017 being the most dangerous year for journalists; of these, 136 were men.
In just three years of government headed by the head of the executive branch, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, 28 journalists have been murdered during his administration. Lourdes Maldonado appeared at the National Palace on March 26, 2019, at the morning press conference of the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, to ask for help for a labor lawsuit she recently won against the former governor of Baja California, Jaime Bonilla.
For this reason, journalists, organizations and civil society are preparing a large-scale mobilization on January 25 in Mexico to protest against the murders of journalists.
- The protests will take place in different cities in Mexico on January 25: Acapulco-7:00 p.m. at the Papagayo Flagpole
- Acayucán - 18:00 hours in Benito Juarez Park
- Campeche-12:00 hours at Flagpole
- Cancun - 7:00 p.m. at the Municipal Palace Esplanade
- Chetumal 7:00 p.m. at the Explanada de la Bandera (Flag Esplanade)
- Mexico City - 8:00 p.m. at the Ministry of the Interior
- Chiapas - 7:00 p.m. in central plazas of major cities
- Chihuahua 5:00 p.m. at Government Palace
- Chilpancingo-19:00 hours at the FGE
- Colima - 6:00 p.m. at Government Palace
- Córdoba-12:00 hours in the 21 de Mayo Park
- Culiacán-5:00 p.m. at the Cathedral
- Ensenada-18:00 hours at the FGE
- Guadalajara- 6:30 p.m. at the Plaza de Armas
- Juarez-6:00 p.m. at the Journalist's Plaza
- La Paz, Baja California Sur – 12:00 pm at the Government Palace
- Mazatlan, 5:00 p.m. at the Rafael Buelna Paraje Boardwalk
- Mérida-8:00 p.m. at the Monument to the Homeland
- Mexicali – 6:00 p.m. at the FGE
- Monterrey-8:00 p.m. at the Monument to Freedom of Expression
- Morelia-20:00 hours at Melchor Ocampo Plaza
- Morelos-18:00 hours at Paloma de la paz
- Orizaba-12:00 hours at Apolinar Castillo Park
- Piedras Negras-20:00 at Teatro Hundido de la Gran Plaza
- Tijuana 5:00 p.m. at Las Tijeras
- Toluca - 5:00 p.m. at Government Palace
- Uruapan-8:00 p.m. at the Martyrs' Square
- Veracruz-7:00 p.m. in the city's Zócalo
- Xalapa - 6:00 p.m. in Plaza Lerdo
Likewise, civil society is asked to join the conversation on social media under the hashtags: #NiSilencioNiOlvido, #NoSeMataLaVerdad, #SinMasPeriodistasEnSusListas and #PeriodismoEnRiesgo.
