Dozens of journalists from multiple media outlets in Jalisco gathered in Guadalajara’s Plaza de Armas Tuesday evening to demand justice for three of their colleagues slain this month in different parts of Mexico.
The protest was replicated in cities and towns throughout the nation, in memory of Lourdes Maldonado, Margarito Martínez and José Luis Gamboa, journalists slain within the space of eight days between January 15 and 23.
During the protest, a speaker read out the names of each of the 146 journalists murdered in Mexico since the start of this century. Speakers also highlighted the lack of protection afforded to journalists in Mexico, which, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), is the deadliest country for journalists in the world. “The ongoing brutality against the journalists in this country is a direct consequence of the authorities’ unwillingness and inability to combat the festering impunity that fuels these killings,” said Jan-Albert Hootsen, CPJ’s Mexico Representative.
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