With 15 slayings, 2022 has been the deadliest year in at least three decades for Mexican journalists and media workers
Data on the killing of journalists since 1992 shows Mexico has seen"the highest number of journalist killings in a single year," says the non-profit Committee to Protect Journalists.
Two gunmen astride a motorcycle shot up radio and television journalist Ciro Gomez Leyva’s armoured vehicle 200 yards from his home on Thursday night. He added that "so far it looks to be the deadliest ‘sexenio' , which means the deadliest period of a single Mexican president if the trend as things stand right now continues.”
The other factor is that Mexico’s press has become more independent and aggressive, she said. “The reporters really are hitting a nerve, and that’s what’s getting them killed.”
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