IFEX Articles Television producer and journalist Jorge Javier Elorriaga freed

Television producer and journalist Jorge Javier Elorriaga freed

Mexico

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14 June 1996

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**Updates IFEX alerts dated 8 May and 13 February 1996, and 19 July 1995** Mexican television producer and journalist Jorge Javier Elorriaga, who was sentenced to 13 years in prison on 3 May 1996 on charges of terrorism, conspiracy and rebellion, was freed on appeal on 6 June. Appeals To

**Updates IFEX alerts dated 8 May and 13 February 1996,
and 19 July 1995**

Mexican television producer and journalist Jorge Javier
Elorriaga, who was sentenced to 13 years in prison on 3 May 1996
on charges of terrorism, conspiracy and rebellion, was freed on
appeal on 6 June.

Appeals To

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Mexico has long been one of the world’s most dangerous countries for journalists and consistently fails in its efforts to provide state-sanctioned protection to members of the press.

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International civil society organization Article 19, which reported his death, believes recent articles by Morales Culebro could have put him at risk.

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