Mexico’s Journalist Protection System Fails to Prevent ThreatsMexico’s Protection Failures Leave Journalists ExposedProtection Program’s Limits Leave Journalists in Danger
Journalists in Mexico say federal protection measures have been delayed, unreliable or threatened with withdrawal. Their cases highlight the limits of a system created in 2012, as journalists and families continue to face danger and displacement.Journalists in Mexico face continuing threats while federal safeguards falter, families remain displaced and killings go unpunished. Cases from Tlaxcala and Guerrero expose the cost of a system that responds to danger without reliably preventing it.A federal program created to protect threatened journalists has struggled to deliver reliable security in Mexico. Journalists describe delayed responses, failing equipment and protection they say authorities have tried to withdraw even as risks continued.
