Miguel Angel Carmona, a Mexican photojournalist and director of the Fotovista agency, was physically and verbally assaulted by the Secretary of Government of Veracruz, Reynaldo Escobar Pérez, on 20 November, during a commemoration of the Mexican Revolution at the Government Palace in Xalapa, Veracruz (Gulf of Mexico).

According to local media, Escobar Pérez threw a punch at the reporter, shouting: “What have you got against me? Tell me who pays you for attack me.”

Reynaldo Escobar Pérez clearly takes his role as chair of the Veracruz Commission for the Defense of Journalists very seriously indeed.