HOMICIDE
Any action that deprives an individual of his or her life. Considered to be the most extreme form of censorship. From 2007 to 2014, ARTICLE19 has documented 64 homicides in Mexico.
Any action by which a message is directly or indirectly issued verbally, in writing, or otherwise to journalists, communicators, editors, directors or communications media with the objective of procuring self-censorship or direct or indirect censorship. From 2007 to 2014, ARTICLE19 has documented 289 threats to communicators and media.
Any action that deprives an individual of his or her life. Considered to be the most extreme form of censorship. From 2007 to 2014, ARTICLE19 has documented 64 homicides in Mexico.
Actions by which a media journalist, communicator, editor, or director stands accused by the courts due to the content of a publication or any other form of media speech with the objective of procuring self-censorship or to discredit said content, causing him or her to run the risk of being sanctioned with prison sentences or the payment of fines. From 2007 to 2014, ARTICLE19 has documented 22 cases of criminal charges filed against communicators for slander or libel.
Action that brings about a lack of information concerning the whereabouts of a media journalist, editor, director or worker who has vanished without a trace, leaving behind evidence of violence committed by government agents either directly or through tolerance or acquiescence. From 2007 to 2014, ARTICLE19 has documented 14 disappearances.
A person who finds themselves compelled to flee their city or community as a consequence of a serious violation of their personal safety or threats to the practice of their profession. From 2007 to 2014, ARTICLE19 has documented the emigration of 33 communicators for these reasons.
When the arrest of an individual by an officer of the law lacks legal grounds and is in violation of his or her human rights, it is considered illegal and arbitrary. From 2007 to 2014, ARTICLE19 has documented 152 arbitrary arrests of communicators.
Forms of aggression that seek to cause some kind of physical or material damage to the journalist or media. From 2007 to 2014, ARTICLE19 has documented 813 physical aggressions against communicators or media. This is the form of violence most frequently committed against the press.
Actions that seek to influence the professional labor, editorial profile or line of investigation of the media journalist, communicator, editor, director, or worker in order to prevent him or her from disseminating specific information. From 2007 to 2014, ARTICLE19 has documented 257 acts of intimidation or pressure against the press.
Action by which an individual deprives another person of their liberty without seeking profit (unlike kidnapping, where profit is involved) with the objective of compelling him or her to act or to stop acting a certain way; in the case of journalists, to prevent them from publishing information. From 2007 to 2014, ARTICLE19 has documented 36 cases of this form of aggression.
Any intentional act where physical or mental suffering is inflicted on a person with the objective of advancing a criminal investigation, as a means of intimidation, as personal punishment, as a preventive measure, as a prison sentence or with any other objective either by government agents or with their tolerance or acquiescence. In 2014, ARTICLE19 documented the case of journalist Edwin Canché, a victim of torture by the mayor and municipal police force of Seyé, Yucatán.
Goyo, as his friends and relatives called him, worked as a journalist covering crime for the following media: Notisur, El liberal del sur and La red. Gregorio Jiménez was kidnapped, tortured, mutilated, and murdered in February, 2014.
Since September 2013, Jiménez had received threats, especially after the publication of an article reporting the murder of Gilberto Torres Reyes at the entrance of a bar called El Palmar owned by Teresa de Jesús Hernández Cruz, who was later indicted by state authorities as the intellectual author of the journalist's homicide, having paid twenty thousand pesos to have him murdered.
Jiménez was the tenth journalist to be killed in Veracruz during the administration of Javier Duarte, which began in December 2010; today, that figure has increased to a total of thirteen journalists.
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Gregorio receives threats following the publication of an article.
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In his notes, the journalist reveals the name of the owner of a restaurant in Coatzacoalcos to whom the police had entrusted a "safe house" for people who had been kidnapped, including migrant workers.
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Gregorio appears as a witness to denounce the kidnapping of Ernesto Ruiz Guillén, leader of the Mexican Confederation of Workers (CTM), whose remains were found in the same mass grave where the body of the journalist would be abandoned on Tuesday, February 11, 2014.
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An armed commando forces its way into Jiménez's home, where he is subdued and abducted.
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Carmela Hernández, Gregorio's wife, informs friends and the authorities of the abduction.
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The first police officers arrive on the scene twenty-five minutes after the event. Namiko Matsumoto1, Executive Secretary of the State Commission for the Protection of Journalists of Veracruz2 (CEAPP), claims that an operation was launched as soon as they were informed of the facts; however, colleagues and immediate family claim that the authorities were already aware of the kidnapping.
A journalist in Villa Allende claims that at the scene of the crime, "there were only Naval Police Officers" assigned to Central Command, who took notes and then withdrew from the scene.
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Officers from the Army sent from Minatitlán arrive on the scene, register data, then abandon the area.
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Officers from Central Command and from the Veracruz Agency of Investigation (AVCI) arrive at Gregorio's home to investigate the case.
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General news reporters protest, demanding that Gregorio be rescued. In Independence Park, Coatzacoalcos, a declaration is made regarding the journalist's abduction.
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The General Attorney's Office of Justice (PGJ) opens the preliminary case file Coat4/058/2014, putting Director of Ministerial Investigations Enoc Maldonado1 in charge of the case (the same official responsible for the investigation into the murder of journalist Regina Martínez).
The National Human Rights Commission (CNDH in Spanish) 1 launches an official investigation into the disappearance of Gregorio Jiménez. It informs that "visiting consultants arrived at the scene of these events in order to collect evidence and testimonies regarding the case, and to register the ministerial actions taken with regards to its investigation into said events."
A group of friends and sympathizers familiar with Gregorio Jiménez's work gather at the Central Command Police Station located on the grounds of the former penitentiary Palma Sola, Coatzacoalcos, in order to demands his rescue. This is the second protest dedicated to Gregorio.
A group of friends and sympathizers familiar with Gregorio Jiménez's work gather at the Central Command Police Station located on the grounds of the former penitentiary Palma Sola, Coatzacoalcos, in order to demands his rescue. This is the second protest dedicated to Gregorio.
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The Secretary of the local Government, Erick Lagos Hernández1; the Attorney General of Justice, Amadeo Flores Espinosa; the Secretary of Public Safety, Arturo Bermúdez and the General Coordinator of Social Communications, Gina Domínguez, all members of the Veracruz Security Cabinet, travel to Coatzacoalcos in order to "direct the search effort to locate the reporter Gregorio Jiménez." The State Government claims that there is "an intense operation" in effect south of town to find him.
Notisur dedicates its editorial page to Jiménez.
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Journalists from Coatzacoalcos protest to demand the reappearance of Gregorio Jiménez. The criticize the authorities for failing to make public a single advance in the investigation and contradict the official version of the search operation.
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Spokeswoman Gina Domínguez1 calls a press conference. Reporters challenge her while exhibiting signs that read: "We don't believe you!" State Attorney General Amadeo Flores Espinoza2 admits that he does not know how long it took Naval Police officers to arrive at the scene of the kidnapping.
The Conversation #HastaQueAparezcaGoyo (Until Goya reappears) goes viral on social networks. Journalists across Mexico and Latin America demand the rescue of Gregorio Jiménez.
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The press reports the arrest of Teresa Hernández Cruz, owner of the bar El Palmar, with whom Jiménez had had a conflict over the publication of an article months before.
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A group of reporters walks out of the meeting with the General Coordinator of Social Communications, Gina Domínguez, and the President of the State Commission to Protect Journalists, Namiko Matsumoto. Matsumoto, however, claims that she had to leave the meeting in order to attend to Jiménez's wife, who was allegedly suffering a nervous breakdown.
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The Secretary of the Government of Veracruz, Erick Lagos Hernández, together with state government spokeswoman Gina Domínguez and local District Attorney Amadeo Flores, hold a meeting with the directors and workers of the group Olmeca Multimedios regarding the abduction of the journalist Gregorio Jiménez.
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Reporters from Coatzacoalcos stage a protest over the disappearance of Gregorio and are joined by journalists from Xalapa and the port of Veracruz.
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The Jiménez family is transported to the state capital for an interview with the Governor, Javier Duarte1. During the meeting, Duarte offers a house to Jiménez's wife, who spurns the proposal. The meeting is programmed after the family manifested its disposition to join protests over the disappearance of Jiménez.
Civic organizations deliver an open letter to federal and state authorities to demand that the Attorney General of the Republic, through FEADLE, assume jurisdiction over the abduction Gregorio Jiménez, and that his career in journalism not be discarded as a motive among the lines of investigation.
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The first one hundred hours pass since Jiménez's abduction. The community of reporters in Veracruz disseminates under the hashtag #QueremosVivoAGoyo (in English, "We want Goyo alive") a video on YouTube asking the kidnappers to release the journalist.
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The head of the Secretariat of Public Safety of Veracruz, Arturo Bermúdez Zurita, claims that the authorities received a call for help from Gregorio's family twenty-five minutes after the event and that the Naval Police arrived at his residence eight minutes later.
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A rumor spreads regarding the alleged appearance of Jiménez's cadaver in a clandestine mass grave in Villa de Allende. The State District Attorney's office denies this account.
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On the sixth day of protests, a group of journalists from Coatzacoalcos announces they will form a commission to launch an independent investigation into the whereabouts of Jiménez.
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José Luis Márquez Hernández is arrested as the alleged perpetrator of Gregorio's homicide. According to the preliminary investigation, the defendant admitted to having participated in these events and indicated that revenge was the motive.
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Journalists and representatives of organizations for the defense and protection of journalists protest outside the offices of the government of Veracruz in Mexico City, demanding Gregorio's safe return. Afterwards, they march to the Special District Attorney's Office to Address Crimes against Freedom of Speech. A commission meets with the head of the office, Laura Borbolla, to reiterate their request that the office assume jurisdiction over Gregorio's case.
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The rumor spreads that three decapitated bodies have been found in Las Choapas, Veracruz. It is suspected that one of the bodies belongs to Gregorio.
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The congressman for the New Alliance Party (in Spanish, PANAL), Eduardo Sánchez Macías (owner of the newspaper chain Los Heraldos in Tuxpan, Tantoyuca, Coatzacoalcos and Poza Rica and cousin of Karime Macías, wife of Governor Duarte) repeats before State Congress the rumor that three bodies have been found in Las Choapas, Veracruz.
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The government of Veracruz once again transports Gregorio's family to Xalapa. The President of the State Commission to Protect Journalists, Namiko Matsumoto, explains that the objective is to corroborate information.
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Erik Lagos, Secretary of the Government of Veracruz, and Gina Domínguez, spokeswoman for the same state, deny the rumor that Gregorio had been found alive while claiming that a robust operation continued in the southern region of the state.
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The daily newspaper Reforma publishes an article confirming the appearance of Gregorio Jiménez's body in the area of Las Choapas, Veracruz.
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The government of Veracruz calls a press conference. State District Attorney Amadeo Flores confirms the murder of Gregorio and the arrest of alleged perpetrators. They disassociate his career as a journalist from the alleged motive for the murder, attributing it to a personal vendetta. According to the authorities, the sum of $20,000 pesos was paid to have Goyo killed.
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Gregorio's family returns to Coatzacoalcos to hold a vigil for the journalist.
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Protests are held in Xalapa and Querétaro, demanding justice for the journalists murdered in Veracruz.
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A formal prison sentence is handed down against the alleged murderers of Gregorio Jiménez.
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Tired of the lack of response from the government led by Javier Duarte and given the abandoned state of Gregorio's family, fellow journalists organized a photography auction in which 101 Mexican and foreign photojournalists participated. FOTO X GOYO, as the movement was called, collected over $131,000 pesos, an effort unprecedented in Mexico. Beyond the solidarity of this auction, it represented an act of protest against the negligence of the Mexican State toward the journalist's family.
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Since September 2013, Jiménez had received threats, especially after the publication of an article reporting the murder of Gilberto Torres Reyes at the entrance of a bar called El Palmar owned by Teresa de Jesús Hernández Cruz, who was later indicted by state authorities as the intellectual author of the journalist's homicide, having paid twenty thousand pesos to have him murdered.
Jiménez was the tenth journalist to be killed in Veracruz during the administration of Javier Duarte, which began in December 2010; today, that figure has increased to a total of thirteen journalists.
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Gregorio receives threats following the publication of an article.
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In his notes, the journalist reveals the name of the owner of a restaurant in Coatzacoalcos to whom the police had entrusted a "safe house" for people who had been kidnapped, including migrant workers.
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Gregorio appears as a witness to denounce the kidnapping of Ernesto Ruiz Guillén, leader of the Mexican Confederation of Workers (CTM), whose remains were found in the same mass grave where the body of the journalist would be abandoned on Tuesday, February 11, 2014.
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An armed commando forces its way into Jiménez's home, where he is subdued and abducted.
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Carmela Hernández, Gregorio's wife, informs friends and the authorities of the abduction.
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The first police officers arrive on the scene twenty-five minutes after the event. Namiko Matsumoto1, Executive Secretary of the State Commission for the Protection of Journalists of Veracruz2 (CEAPP), claims that an operation was launched as soon as they were informed of the facts; however, colleagues and immediate family claim that the authorities were already aware of the kidnapping.
A journalist in Villa Allende claims that at the scene of the crime, "there were only Naval Police Officers" assigned to Central Command, who took notes and then withdrew from the scene.
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Officers from the Army sent from Minatitlán arrive on the scene, register data, then abandon the area.
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Officers from Central Command and from the Veracruz Agency of Investigation (AVCI) arrive at Gregorio's home to investigate the case.
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General news reporters protest, demanding that Gregorio be rescued. In Independence Park, Coatzacoalcos, a declaration is made regarding the journalist's abduction.
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The General Attorney's Office of Justice (PGJ) opens the preliminary case file Coat4/058/2014, putting Director of Ministerial Investigations Enoc Maldonado1 in charge of the case (the same official responsible for the investigation into the murder of journalist Regina Martínez).
The National Human Rights Commission (CNDH in Spanish) 1 launches an official investigation into the disappearance of Gregorio Jiménez. It informs that "visiting consultants arrived at the scene of these events in order to collect evidence and testimonies regarding the case, and to register the ministerial actions taken with regards to its investigation into said events."
A group of friends and sympathizers familiar with Gregorio Jiménez's work gather at the Central Command Police Station located on the grounds of the former penitentiary Palma Sola, Coatzacoalcos, in order to demands his rescue. This is the second protest dedicated to Gregorio.
A group of friends and sympathizers familiar with Gregorio Jiménez's work gather at the Central Command Police Station located on the grounds of the former penitentiary Palma Sola, Coatzacoalcos, in order to demands his rescue. This is the second protest dedicated to Gregorio.
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The Secretary of the local Government, Erick Lagos Hernández1; the Attorney General of Justice, Amadeo Flores Espinosa; the Secretary of Public Safety, Arturo Bermúdez and the General Coordinator of Social Communications, Gina Domínguez, all members of the Veracruz Security Cabinet, travel to Coatzacoalcos in order to "direct the search effort to locate the reporter Gregorio Jiménez." The State Government claims that there is "an intense operation" in effect south of town to find him.
Notisur dedicates its editorial page to Jiménez.
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Journalists from Coatzacoalcos protest to demand the reappearance of Gregorio Jiménez. The criticize the authorities for failing to make public a single advance in the investigation and contradict the official version of the search operation.
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Spokeswoman Gina Domínguez1 calls a press conference. Reporters challenge her while exhibiting signs that read: "We don't believe you!" State Attorney General Amadeo Flores Espinoza2 admits that he does not know how long it took Naval Police officers to arrive at the scene of the kidnapping.
The Conversation #HastaQueAparezcaGoyo (Until Goya reappears) goes viral on social networks. Journalists across Mexico and Latin America demand the rescue of Gregorio Jiménez.
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The press reports the arrest of Teresa Hernández Cruz, owner of the bar El Palmar, with whom Jiménez had had a conflict over the publication of an article months before.
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A group of reporters walks out of the meeting with the General Coordinator of Social Communications, Gina Domínguez, and the President of the State Commission to Protect Journalists, Namiko Matsumoto. Matsumoto, however, claims that she had to leave the meeting in order to attend to Jiménez's wife, who was allegedly suffering a nervous breakdown.
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The Secretary of the Government of Veracruz, Erick Lagos Hernández, together with state government spokeswoman Gina Domínguez and local District Attorney Amadeo Flores, hold a meeting with the directors and workers of the group Olmeca Multimedios regarding the abduction of the journalist Gregorio Jiménez.
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Reporters from Coatzacoalcos stage a protest over the disappearance of Gregorio and are joined by journalists from Xalapa and the port of Veracruz.
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The Jiménez family is transported to the state capital for an interview with the Governor, Javier Duarte1. During the meeting, Duarte offers a house to Jiménez's wife, who spurns the proposal. The meeting is programmed after the family manifested its disposition to join protests over the disappearance of Jiménez.
Civic organizations deliver an open letter to federal and state authorities to demand that the Attorney General of the Republic, through FEADLE, assume jurisdiction over the abduction Gregorio Jiménez, and that his career in journalism not be discarded as a motive among the lines of investigation.
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The first one hundred hours pass since Jiménez's abduction. The community of reporters in Veracruz disseminates under the hashtag #QueremosVivoAGoyo (in English, "We want Goyo alive") a video on YouTube asking the kidnappers to release the journalist.
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The head of the Secretariat of Public Safety of Veracruz, Arturo Bermúdez Zurita, claims that the authorities received a call for help from Gregorio's family twenty-five minutes after the event and that the Naval Police arrived at his residence eight minutes later.
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A rumor spreads regarding the alleged appearance of Jiménez's cadaver in a clandestine mass grave in Villa de Allende. The State District Attorney's office denies this account.
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[clef] => [line] => 1 [feat] => 0 [date] => 2015-07-01 00:00:21 [adre] => february-9-2014-1200-pm [fullAdre] => en/event/february-9-2014-1200-pm.html [plugs] => Array ( [scene] => Array ( [0] => 12 ) [media] => Media Object ( [iden] => 189 [cTitu] => [titu] => [cDesc] => [desc] => [target] => even-media [formats] => [redims] => [files] => [feat] => [clef] => [line] => 1 ) ) [posi] => 87 )Using the hashtag #HastaQueAparezcaGoyo (in English, "Until Goyo reappears"), journalists and citizens from different states across Mexico organize on social networks to express their indignation over the kidnapping of Gregorio.
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On the sixth day of protests, a group of journalists from Coatzacoalcos announces they will form a commission to launch an independent investigation into the whereabouts of Jiménez.
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José Luis Márquez Hernández is arrested as the alleged perpetrator of Gregorio's homicide. According to the preliminary investigation, the defendant admitted to having participated in these events and indicated that revenge was the motive.
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Journalists and representatives of organizations for the defense and protection of journalists protest outside the offices of the government of Veracruz in Mexico City, demanding Gregorio's safe return. Afterwards, they march to the Special District Attorney's Office to Address Crimes against Freedom of Speech. A commission meets with the head of the office, Laura Borbolla, to reiterate their request that the office assume jurisdiction over Gregorio's case.
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The rumor spreads that three decapitated bodies have been found in Las Choapas, Veracruz. It is suspected that one of the bodies belongs to Gregorio.
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The congressman for the New Alliance Party (in Spanish, PANAL), Eduardo Sánchez Macías (owner of the newspaper chain Los Heraldos in Tuxpan, Tantoyuca, Coatzacoalcos and Poza Rica and cousin of Karime Macías, wife of Governor Duarte) repeats before State Congress the rumor that three bodies have been found in Las Choapas, Veracruz.
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The government of Veracruz once again transports Gregorio's family to Xalapa. The President of the State Commission to Protect Journalists, Namiko Matsumoto, explains that the objective is to corroborate information.
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Erik Lagos, Secretary of the Government of Veracruz, and Gina Domínguez, spokeswoman for the same state, deny the rumor that Gregorio had been found alive while claiming that a robust operation continued in the southern region of the state.
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The daily newspaper Reforma publishes an article confirming the appearance of Gregorio Jiménez's body in the area of Las Choapas, Veracruz.
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The government of Veracruz calls a press conference. State District Attorney Amadeo Flores confirms the murder of Gregorio and the arrest of alleged perpetrators. They disassociate his career as a journalist from the alleged motive for the murder, attributing it to a personal vendetta. According to the authorities, the sum of $20,000 pesos was paid to have Goyo killed.
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Gregorio's family returns to Coatzacoalcos to hold a vigil for the journalist.
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Protests are held in Xalapa and Querétaro, demanding justice for the journalists murdered in Veracruz.
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A formal prison sentence is handed down against the alleged murderers of Gregorio Jiménez.
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Tired of the lack of response from the government led by Javier Duarte and given the abandoned state of Gregorio's family, fellow journalists organized a photography auction in which 101 Mexican and foreign photojournalists participated. FOTO X GOYO, as the movement was called, collected over $131,000 pesos, an effort unprecedented in Mexico. Beyond the solidarity of this auction, it represented an act of protest against the negligence of the Mexican State toward the journalist's family.
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Aguascalientes
7
Morelos
9
Baja California
0
Nayarit
2
Baja California Sur
3
Nuevo León
0
Campeche
16
Puebla
6
Chiapas
1
Querétaro
8
Chihuahua
42
Quintana Roo
3
Coahuila
2
San Luis Potosí
1
Colima
13
Sinaloa
85
Distrito Federal
5
Sonora
3
Durango
4
Tabasco
7
Estado de México
6
Tamaulipas
1
Guanajuato
0
Tlaxcala
28
Guerrero
41
Veracruz
1
Hidalgo
2
Yucatán
2
Jalisco
2
Zacatecas
4
Michoacán
63 
203 
60 
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Any action by which a message is directly or indirectly issued verbally, in writing, or otherwise to journalists, communicators, editors, directors or communications media with the objective of procuring self-censorship or direct or indirect censorship. From 2007 to 2014, ARTICLE 19 has documented 289 threats to communicators and media.
Any action that deprives an individual of his or her life. Considered to be the most extreme form of censorship. From 2007 to 2014, ARTICLE19 has documented 64 homicides in Mexico.
Actions by which a media journalist, communicator, editor, or director stands accused by the courts due to the content of a publication or any other form of media with the objective of procuring self-censorship or to discredit said content, causing him or her to run the risk of being sanctioned with prison sentences or the payment of fines. From 2007 to 2014, ARTICLE 19 has documented 22 cases of criminal charges filed against communicators for slander or libel.
Action that brings about a lack of information concerning the whereabouts of a media journalist, editor, director or worker who has vanished without a trace, leaving behind evidence of violence committed by government agents either directly or through tolerance or acquiescence. From 2007 to 2014, ARTICLE 19 has documented 14 disappearances.
A person who finds themselves compelled to flee their city or community as a consequence of a serious violation of their personal safety or threats to the practice of their profession. From 2007 to 2014, ARTICLE 19 has documented the emigration of 33 communicators for these reasons.
When the arrest of an individual by an officer of the law lacks legal grounds and is in violation of his or her human rights, it is considered illegal and arbitrary. From 2007 to 2014, ARTICLE19 has documented 152 arbitrary arrests of communicators.
Forms of aggression that seek to cause some kind of physical or material damage to the journalist or media. From 2007 to 2014, ARTICLE 19 has documented 813 physical aggressions against communicators or media. This is the form of violence most frequently committed against the press.
Actions that seek to influence the professional labor, editorial profile or line of investigation of the media journalist, communicator, editor, director, or worker in order to prevent him or her from disseminating specific information. From 2007 to 2014, ARTICLE 19 has documented 257 acts of intimidation or pressure against the press.
Any intentional act where physical or mental suffering is inflicted on a person with the objective of advancing a criminal investigation, as a means of intimidation, as personal punishment, as a preventive measure, as a prison sentence or with any other objective either by government agents or with their tolerance or acquiescence. In 2014, ARTICLE 19 documented the case of journalist Edwin Canché, a victim of torture by the mayor and municipal police force of Seyé, Yucatán.
Action by which an individual deprives another person of their liberty without seeking profit (unlike kidnapping, where profit is involved) with the objective of compelling him or her to act or to stop acting a certain way; in the case of journalists, to prevent them from publishing information. From 2007 to 2014, ARTICLE 19 has documented 36 cases of this form of aggression.
Goyo, as his friends and relatives called him, worked as a journalist covering crime for the following media: Notisur, El liberal del sur and La red. Gregorio Jiménez was kidnapped, tortured, mutilated, and murdered in February, 2014.
Since September 2013, Jiménez had received threats, especially after the publication of an article reporting the murder of Gilberto Torres Reyes at the entrance of a bar called El Palmar owned by Teresa de Jesús Hernández Cruz, who was later indicted by state authorities as the intellectual author of the journalist's homicide, having paid twenty thousand pesos to have him murdered.
Jiménez was the tenth journalist to be killed in Veracruz during the administration of Javier Duarte, which began in December 2010; today, that figure has increased to a total of thirteen journalists.