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Threats to Watch Ahead of Nicaragua’s Presidential Elections

Over the past year, authorities have expanded their arsenal of tactics to suppress independent reporting and target individual journalists…

In Mexico, a gunman shot and killed journalist Fredy Lopez Arevalo at his home in the southern state of Chiapas.

The reporter was abducted by police officers as she was walking to her home on her way back from a visit to one of her neighbors.

Unidentified attackers shot and killed González, founder and editor of the Facebook-based news outlet Portal Morelos Noticias, in Cuernavaca,

The OAS Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression reports that there is no Rule of Law is these countries, nor safeguards for journalists.

“The charges against Carlos F. Chamorro, one of Nicaragua’s leading journalists, show that Ortega aims to silence critical voices at all costs,”

“Mexico’s ongoing wave of brutal slayings of journalists has claimed another victim,” said Jan-Albert Hootsen, CPJ’s Mexico representative.

Three unidentified men abducted Montaño, a freelance investigative reporter, as she attempted to board a public bus in a suburb of Toluca.

Mexican authorities must immediately act to protect news anchor Azucena Uresti and investigate death threats against her.

The Committee to Protect Journalists urged Mexican authorities to immediately and credibly investigate the killing of reporter Ricardo López.