Articles by Centro Nacional de Comunicación Social
Journalists subject to intimidation in San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora
(CENCOS/IFEX) – Once again, the city of San Luis Río Colorado, in Sonora (North-Eastern Mexico) is the scene of attacks against press freedom. The Mexican Human Rights Academy’s Programme for the Protection of Journalists (Programa de Proteccion a Periodistas de la Academia Mexicana de Derechos Humanos) has reported that Humberto Melgoza and Santiago Barroso, editor […]
Two “Proceso” magazine journalists who were covering the election are dismissed
(CENCOS/IFEX) – The Mexican Network for the Protection of Journalists and the Media expressed its concern over the dismissal of journalists Francisco Ortiz Pinchetti and Francisco Ortiz Pardo, of the “Proceso” weekly magazine, one of the most influential political publications in Mexico. “Proceso” was founded in 1976 by a group of journalists from the “Excélsior” […]
Sonora governor’s persecution of former director of “El Independiente” daily and his family intensifies
The governmental harassment of the former director of the “El Independiente” daily, José Luis Hernández Salas, took a new down turn recently. The journalist’s sister was harassed by judicial police officers and her house was placed under surveillance. According to information reported by Hernández Salas, during the night of Wednesday 9 February 2000, two judicial […]
Journalist threatened by governor of Sonora, flees Mexico
Journalist José Luis Hernández Salas, former director of the daily “El Independiente”, of Hermosillo, Sonora (northeastern Mexico), received death threats from the governor of Sonora, Armando Lopez Nogales. The governor’s intent is to have Hernández Salas illegally removed from “El Independiente”, in order to put the paper at the service of the presidential campaign of […]