(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is expressing concern for journalist Philip True, Mexico correspondent for the “San Antonio Express-News”. True left his home in Mexico City on 28 November 1998 for a hiking trip through the rugged Sierra Madre Mountains of Nayarit. He was last seen in the village of Chalmotita on 4 December. According to his […]
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is expressing concern for journalist Philip True, Mexico
correspondent for the “San Antonio Express-News”. True left his home in
Mexico City on 28 November 1998 for a hiking trip through the rugged Sierra
Madre Mountains of Nayarit. He was last seen in the village of Chalmotita on
4 December.
According to his wife and editors at the “San Antonio Express-News”, True
called home on 29 November from the town of Tuxpan de Bolaños. Equipped with
a compass and topographical map, he set out alone intending to hike and to
report a travel piece on the local Huichol indians. There are no phones
along the route. He was expected to call home again 9 or 10 December, when
he reached the end of the trail. He never did. True’s wife Martha on 13
December chartered a plane to visit towns along his proposed route. In the
village of Chalmotita she met a man who reported seeing True on 4 December.
The man had advised True that the route he was planning to take was longer
and more rugged than his map indicated. It is unclear whether True altered
his route.
According to his wife, True is an experienced hiker who has never failed to
return at the anticipated time.
Recommended Action
Send appeals to the President:
including military resources, to locate and rescue the journalist
search-and-rescue missions, their familiarity with this rugged terrain, and
the sophisticated equipment available to them, they stand the best chance of
locating True and bringing him to safety
Appeals To
Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon
President of Mexico
Los Pinos
Mexico City, Mexico
Fax: +525 271 1764 / 515 1794 / 277 2376
Please copy appeals to the source if possible.
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