The International Press Institute (IPI) today urged Mexican authorities to investigate the recent murder of journalist Mario Ricardo Chávez near Ciudad Victoria in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas. IPI, which has counted the murder of at least seven journalists in Mexico in 2012 and two in 2013, urges authorities to conduct a comprehensive investigation to […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today urged Mexican authorities to conduct a full investigation into the murder of Mexican journalist Jorge Torres Palacios, whose body was found on June 2, four days after he was kidnapped by his home in Acapulco, Guerrero state. The long-time journalist had worked as the spokesman for the Health Office […]

Multiple threats and abuse that forced another journalist to flee the Mexican state of Veracruz last week illustrate the ongoing dangers for journalists and the need to ensure the efficient function of a protection mechanism for them, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. Noé Zavaleta, the Veracruz correspondent for Proceso magazine, said he left […]

H. E. Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon President Mexico DF Mexico Viena, 17 July 1997 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the killing of Benjamin Flores González, publisher and editor of the daily newspaper La Prensa, in San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora State. We are informed that Mr. Flores was murdered outside […]