Open letter calls on Andrés Manuel López Obrador to rein in rhetoric or risk ‘even bloodier era’ of deadly violence against press
“Our indignation over this incident, leads us to demand that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador ceases his harassment of critical journalists,” the journalists wrote in their brief but dramatic dispatch.
“If President López Obrador does not control his angry instincts towards critical journalists, the country will enter an even bloodier phase than those which other Latin American countries have previously lived through: the murder of journalists in order to destabilize the government, or killing in return for government favours,”Mexico was already one of the world’s most dangerous places for journalists when López Obrador, who many call Amlo, took power in late 2018.
This year at least 16 Mexican journalists have been killed, including the celebrated Tijuana photojournalist. One month after Martínez’s murder, Amlo traveled to the northern border city only to horrify the photographer’s grieving colleagues by berating journalists he called “mercenaries”.
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