Mexico - Threats and censorship at peak in Veracruz, Oaxaca, Michoacán and Zacatecas

Reporters without borders

Under the successive presidencies of Vicente Fox (2000-2006) and Felipe Calderón (2006-2012), Mexico joined the ranks of the world's 10 most dangerous countries for journalists and, more broadly, those involved in news and information. Eighty-eight were killed and a further 17 disappeared in a decade, against a background of the collapse of law and order and almost total impunity. This appalling record includes six victims – four who were murdered and two who disappeared – since the start of (...)

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