As the Zapatista Army of National Liberation uprising took place in 1994, Las Abejas stood in solidarity with Zapatista ends and principles, but not their violent means. Las Abejas paid a high price for their support when the December 1997 massacre in Acteal killed 45 members praying in a church.
Showing posts with label Mexico. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mexico. Show all posts
2021/03/21
2020/08/27
Alondra de la Parra launches The Impossible Orchestra
Keen to play her part in supporting the women and children suffering abuse and hardship in her native Mexico – a situation greatly worsened during the pandemic – the conductor Alondra de la Parra has created The Impossible Orchestra.
2019/12/12
Sea of Shadows
When Mexican drug cartels and Chinese traffickers join forces to poach the rare totoaba fish in the Sea of Cortez, their deadly methods threaten to destroy virtually all marine life in the region, including the most elusive and endangered whale species on Earth, the vaquita porpoise.
2019/09/06
Miroslava: The Journalist Who Refused to be Complicit
On March 4, 2016, Miroslava Breach and her colleague Patricia Mayorga from Proceso magazine simultaneously published an article claiming that mayoral candidates in eight municipalities (seven from the Institutional Revolutionary Party or PRI and one more from the National Action Party or PAN) had connections to drug traffickers
2018/06/28
As Mexico’s oil sector sputters, crime and violence rattle industry towns
They beat his bare buttocks with a paddle and repeatedly threatened to rape him. One of the assailants put a gun to his head, while another grabbed his cell phone and began posting live video to Herver’s own Facebook feed.
2010/01/11
Valentín Valdés Espinosa was found dead
Mexican reporter Valentín Valdés Espinosa was abducted on Thursday and found shot to death early this morning in the city of Saltillo, Coahuila state, in northern Mexico, according to local news reports. Mexican authorities must conduct a thorough investigation into this vicious attack and bring those responsible to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
Valdés, who covered local news including crime for the daily Zócalo de Saltillo, finished work at the paper around 11 p.m. and left the office with two colleagues, according to Editor-in-Chief Sergio Cisneros. While they were in a car in downtown Saltillo, a group of men in two SUVs intercepted them. Valdés and a reporter whose name has not been released were forced into one of the SUVs and driven away, Cisneros said.
Coahuila’s attorney general’s office said that Valdés was found dead early this morning in front of the Marbella Hotel, according to an official statement. Valdés had been tortured and shot several times, the statement said. The reporter was found with a message that read: “This is going to happen to those who don’t understand. The message is for everyone.” According to the attorney general’s office, the murder was allegedly committed by organized crime.
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Mexico is one of the most dangerous places in the world for the press. CPJ research shows that 42 journalists—including Valdés—have been killed in Mexico, at least 18 in direct reprisal for their work, since 1992.
Mexican reporter Valentín Valdés Espinosa was abducted on Thursday and found shot to death early this morning in the city of Saltillo, Coahuila state, in northern Mexico, according to local news reports. Mexican authorities must conduct a thorough investigation into this vicious attack and bring those responsible to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
Valdés, who covered local news including crime for the daily Zócalo de Saltillo, finished work at the paper around 11 p.m. and left the office with two colleagues, according to Editor-in-Chief Sergio Cisneros. While they were in a car in downtown Saltillo, a group of men in two SUVs intercepted them. Valdés and a reporter whose name has not been released were forced into one of the SUVs and driven away, Cisneros said.
Coahuila’s attorney general’s office said that Valdés was found dead early this morning in front of the Marbella Hotel, according to an official statement. Valdés had been tortured and shot several times, the statement said. The reporter was found with a message that read: “This is going to happen to those who don’t understand. The message is for everyone.” According to the attorney general’s office, the murder was allegedly committed by organized crime.
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Mexico is one of the most dangerous places in the world for the press. CPJ research shows that 42 journalists—including Valdés—have been killed in Mexico, at least 18 in direct reprisal for their work, since 1992.
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