Journalists Under Attack in Mexico

While Mexico consistently registers one of the highest rates of violence targeting journalists in the world, a surge in killings this year has triggered an unprecedented number of reporter-led demonstrations against the rising threat to the media. In the first quarter of 2022, at least nine journalists were reportedly killed in targeted attacks — more than 60% of total journalist fatalities recorded in all of 2021. In this infographic, ACLED Latin America Regional Specialist Sandra Pellegrini and Research Analyst Adam Miller unpack the latest data.

For more information about ACLED’s methodology for Mexico and gang violence in Latin America, see ACLED Methodology and Coding Decisions around Political Violence and Demonstrations in Mexico and Gang Violence: Concepts, Benchmarks, and Coding Rules.

Sandra Pellegrini

Sandra Pellegrini is a Latin America Regional Specialist at ACLED. In her role, she supports the coding of political violence and protest events in the Caribbean, Central America, and Mexico. She holds an International Master in Russian, Central and East European Studies from the University of Glasgow and a Master of International Relations from KIMEP University Almaty. Her research interests include geopolitics, conflict prevention, minority rights and challenges faced by civil society organizations across Latin America and the post-Soviet space.

Adam Miller

Adam Miller is a Research Analyst at ACLED. He holds a BA in Political Science from Allegheny College and an MA in International Relations from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University. Adam's research focuses on the effectiveness of peacekeeping operations in civil wars, cooperative security organizations, and US foreign policy.

Journalists Under Attack in Mexico

Author: Sandra Pellegrini

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