By Manuel Ayala Tijuana, Mexico, Jan 17 (EFE).- A year after the murder of Mexican photojournalist Margarito Martínez Esquivel, his family, friends and colleagues demanded justice in the Mexican city of Tijuana, on the border with the United States, on Tuesday. During this year, the State Attorney General’s Office has only prosecuted three people who …
According to Associated Press, 15 journalists and three media workers were killed in Mexico in 2022. It was one of the deadliest years for Mexican journalists ever.
A year after the killings of Tijuana journalists Margarito Martínez and Lourdes Maldonado, their peers persevere in dangerous conditions, keeping their memories alive by covering their court cases and documenting the daily work of their colleagues for the world to see while other advocates seek greater protections for the news industry.
We tried to understand why neither the violence nor the conditions in which they work have stopped these and many other brave journalists in Tijuana from informing their audiences.