The International Press Institute (IPI) today strongly condemned the murders of three Mexican photojournalists and a newspaper employee, whose dismembered bodies were found wrapped in plastic bags and dumped in a canal in the state of Veracruz yesterday. The gruesome discovery in the port town of Boca del Río came as IPI marked World Press […]

Mexican crime reporter Victor Manuel Báez Chino was killed on Thursday morning in Xalapa, the capital of the State of Veracruz. He had been kidnapped on Wednesday evening after he left his office. Báez Chino covered the police beat for the local edition of the newspaper Milenio in Xalapa. He was also the editor of […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) and the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) today demanded that Mexican federal and state authorities immediately investigate the murder of a freelance journalist in the central Mexican state of Puebla on Wednesday. According to local media, Adrián Silva Moreno, a contibutor to the newspaper Puntual, was gunned […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today welcomed reports that authorities in Colombia, Bolivia, and Honduras have arrested suspects in the recent killings of four journalists, but underscored the importance of conducting complete and comprehensive investigations. “These arrests appear to be a positive first step,” IPI Press Freedom Manager Anthony Mills said.  “But we urge investigators […]