New reports indicate the murder of two female journalists in Mexico City in September was carried out by a group of Santeria followers, the...
Members of “Voodoo group” responsible for journalists’ murders
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CATEGORY: Mexico
Wikileaks hits Argentina
Like in a good spy novel, Santiago O'Donnell met Julian Assange, the head of Wikileaks, in an English country house after taking a serpentine route....
For Zetas, Guatemala is the new Mexico
Mexico's most ruthless drug cartel, the Zetas, have expanded throughout Guatemala in the last four years to the point where they control three...
Journalist’s decapitation another warning to social media users
Mexican organised drug cartels have again threatened social network users using a mutilated body. In the second incident this month, the decapitated...
Murders a warning to Mexican social media users
The butchered bodies of a young man and a woman were found on Tuesday hanging from freeway overpass in Nuevo Laredo, Taumalipas on the US-Mexico...
Mexico targets “Twitter terrorists”
Free expression and press freedom in Mexico have again taken several hits in recent days. Last week, two Twitter users were sent to jail in...
Rumours fly about journalist’s death
Rumours about murdered reporter Humberto Millan Salazar have grown out of all proportion since his death last week. The journalist was kidnapped in...
Another reporter kidnapped in Sinaloa
[UPDATE] The Committee to Protect Journalists reports that Salazar was found dead early on Thursday 25 August in Sinaloa near the state capital,...
Anti-technology group behind university bombs
In a nation already accustomed to a high-levels of crime-related violence, the recent activities of a little known anarchist group have left...
Journalists fleeing violence in Veracruz
The recent murders of three journalists have spread fear throughout the small community of night police reporters in the coastal city of Veracruz,...
State PR exercise fails
Last May, the national television network Televisa transmitted a new series about the Mexican federal police. El Equipo is similar to US crime...
Murder of Facundo Cabral a blow to free speech
The recent murder of Argentine singer Facundo Cabral in Guatemala is an incredible tragedy. Cabral, a pacifist and one of Latin America's most...
