Articles by Centro Nacional de Comunicación Social
Previously-threatened director of weekly survives shooting attack in Veracruz
(CENCOS/IFEX) – On 30 May 2008, at approximately 10:00 p.m. (local time), an unknown assailant fired shots at Aristeo Abundis Hernández, director of the weekly “Semanario Frente y Vuelta” and correspondent for the “Diario de Tantoyuca” newspaper. The incident occurred in Pánuco municipality, Veracruz, in the eastern part of the country, near the Gulf of […]
Quintana Roo judge refuses to order arrests of Puebla state employees for violating journalist Lydia Cacho’s rights, closes case
(CENCOS/IFEX) – A court in the southeastern state of Quintana Roo has closed the investigation into the case of journalist Lydia Cacho Ribeiro. The court rejected the request for arrest warrants to be served to public officials and former public servants of the state of Puebla, accused of involvement in the torture of the journalist. […]
Special federal prosecutor’s office takes on case of two murdered Oaxacan community radio journalists
(ARTICLE 19/CENCOS/IFEX) – The Office of the Special Prosecutor for Crimes Against Journalists (Fiscalía Especial para la Atención de Delitos cometidos contra Periodistas, FEADP) is looking into the killing of Teresa Bautista and Felícitas Martínez de San Juan Copala, two radio journalists from the Triqui indigenous community in Oaxaca. This welcome development inspires hope that […]
Magazine issue containing critical report on Sonora state governor purchased en masse to prevent public distribution
(ARTICLE 19/CENCOS/IFEX) – Distribution of the 27 April 2008 edition of the weekly magazine “Proceso” was deliberately impeded through the mass purchasing of copies, between 27 April and 1 May, before they reached the public. The issue bore on its cover a picture of Sonora state governor Eduardo Bours under the headline “Drug power in […]
ARTICLE 19, CENCOS and IPYS condemn federal police assaults on four journalists in Culiacán
(ARTICLE 19/CENCOS/IPYS/IFEX) – The following is a 7 May 2008 joint press release of ARTICLE 19, CENCOS and IPYS: Mexico City, 7 May 2008 – On 6 May 2008, four reporters from “El Debate” newspaper, based in Sinaloa state, were assaulted and threatened with murder by Federal Preventive Police (Policía Federal Preventiva, PFP) officers as […]
Warrants issued for arrest of five public employees involved in illegitimate detention of journalist Lydia Cacho
(CENCOS/IFEX) – The Attorney General’s Office has issued arrest warrants against five public employees involved in the illegitimate detention of journalist Lydia Cacho. A representative of the office of the special prosecutor for crimes against journalists (Fiscalía Especial para la Atención de Delitos Contra Periodistas, FEADP), confirmed with CENCOS that warrants have been issued for […]
“El Universal” journalist threatened by lawyer of recently detained drug cartel hitman over article on his arrest
(CENCOS/IFEX) – Journalist Silvia Otero, of the national newspaper “El Universal”, received a threatening call from lawyer Omar Cerecedo, who is representing Daniel Pérez Rojas, alias “El Cachetes”. Pérez Rojas is a former military officer and the former head bodyguard of drug cartel leader Osiel Cárdenas. He is also believed to have been one of […]
Inordinate delays in resolution of PRI politician’s lawsuit against journalists over book
(CENCOS/IFEX) – The lawsuit initiated by Gerardo Sosa Castelán, current federal congressman for the state of Hidalgo, against Alfredo Rivera Flores, Miguel Angel Granados Chapa and others, for alleged moral damages, has dragged on for three and a half years without even the stage involving submission of evidence being concluded. Several irregularities have occurred in […]