Mexican news broadcaster, Juan Daniel Martinez Gil, of the Radiorama station in the Mexican resort city of Acapulco, has been found dead with signs of having been tortured. “The body was buried, it had tape covering the face, it was beaten, swollen and without a shirt,” a spokesperson from Radiorama said. Read more here
Human rights groups have voiced concern over the sentencing of Hiram Oliveros Ortiz for the murder of Mexican journalist Roberto Javier Mora Garcia, arguing that there are numerous anomalies in the case. Read more here
The head of the United Nations agency tasked with upholding press freedom condemned the kidnapping and murder of a newspaper journalist in Mexico, calling on the nation’s authorities to catch those behind the killing. Read more here
A writer for a Mexican national newspaper has been granted protective measures after receiving threats related to his referencing a website about missing orphanage children and alleged connections with the Cristiana Restaurada religious movement. Read more here