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A view of Mexico City, Mexico in April 2018. Unknown intruders on April 20 burglarized the home of one of Proceso's website editors in Mexico City, according to reports. (Reuters/Gustavo Graf)

Publications in Mexico City, Guerrero state robbed

April 26, 2018 12:06 PM EDT

Mexico City, April 26, 2018–Mexican authorities must conduct credible investigations into two recent burglaries, one at the Mexico City-based investigative magazine and website Proceso and another at the news website Quadratín in Guerrero state, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

A general view of a beach is seen in Acapulco, Mexico in September 2017. Two unidentified assailants on February 5 shot dead Pamika Montenegro, a journalist, satirist and social media commentator, at her Acapulco restaurant. (Reuters/Troy Merida)

Mexican blogger and satirist killed in Guerrero state

February 8, 2018 5:23 PM EST

Mexico City, February 8, 2018–Authorities in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero must undertake an exhaustive investigation into the murder of Pamika Montenegro, a journalist, satirist and social media commentator, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Two unidentified assailants on February 5 shot Montenegro dead in the restaurant she owned in the beachside resort…

A taxi drives past the Cuauhtemoc Housing Unit and a municipal sign with a message that reads in Spanish "Building the new Acapulco" in Acapulco, Mexico on May 11, 2016. Antonio Julián Chepe said he was driving his vehicle on the highway between his hometown in Marquelia and Acapulco in Mexico's southern Guerrero state when at least six men carrying automatic rifles attacked him. (AP/ Enric Marti)

Mexican newspaper editor abducted, robbed, and beaten in Guerrero state

January 8, 2018 3:58 PM EST

Unidentified gunman on December 23, 2017, robbed Antonio Julián Chepe, the editorial director of regional newspaper Diario Alternativo, stripped him naked, and threatened to kill him, the journalist told CPJ.

Mexican columnist, abducted, found dead

June 5, 2014 10:18 AM EDT

Mexico City, June 5, 2014–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the murder of Mexican columnist and government spokesman Jorge Torres Palacios and calls on authorities to fully investigate the crime and bring those responsible to justice. Torres’ body was found in a bag in an orchard in Guerrero state on Monday, three days after he…