The Guardian It is very rare for anyone in Mexico to be arrested for murdering a journalist, let alone appear before a court. So the trial in Veracruz of a man charged with killing Regina Martínez Pérez should be a reason to celebrate.
But, according to a report by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), it looks as if the state "is fabricating a murder case against the wrong people."
Citing unnamed "federal officials" as its source, the report says that the man who originally confessed to the murder, Jorge Hernández Silva, has since retracted his confession, claiming that he had been tortured while his mother was also threatened with death if he did not confess. Read more.
The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
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