The shooting deaths of Sheila Johana García Olivera and Yesenia Mollinedo Falconi in Veracruz state brought the number of journalists killed in Mexico this year to 11 — more than in Ukraine, where the world’s press corps is covering a war.
A black ribbon hangs outside the home of the late journalist Sheila Johana García Olivera during her wake May 10 in Minatitlan, Mexico. MEXICO CITY — With the shooting deaths this week of a cameraperson and a director in Veracruz state, the number of journalists killed in Mexico this year is now up to 11. That’s more than in Ukraine, where the world’s press corps is covering a war.Mexico has long been one of the world’s most dangerous countries to be a journalist.
Ascertaining motives behind their killings is a challenge. “There’s a very high percentage in impunity,” Alejandro Encinas Rodríguez, Mexico’s deputy interior minister responsible for human rights, said in late 2020, when only 5 percent of homicides under the administration of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador had resulted in a sentence.
In December, he was falsely accused of running a Facebook page that published information on criminal organizations. He sought protection from state and federal authorities, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. A few weeks later, on Jan. 23, she was shot in front of her house. Bonilla has denied involvement in her death.Armando Linares López, founder of the Michoacán Monitor, was shot to death at home in front of his family on March 15. Linares was killed less than two months after his colleague, Roberto Toledo Barrera, was gunned down.
Jorge Camero Zazueta, 28, worked as the personal secretary for the mayor of Empalme, Sonora, while maintaining El Informativo, a Facebook news page focusing on security issues. He was killed Feb. 24. Authorities said it was unrelated to his work as a journalist.
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