News Leaders Statement on Murder of Journalists in Mexico

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May 10, 2022, 05:43 ET

WASHINGTON, May 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Following is a statement by Jen Judson, president of the National Press Club and Gil Klein, president of the National Press Club Journalism Institute on the recent murders of journalists in Mexico.

"We are devastated to learn today of the murder of Yessenia Mollinedo Falconi and Sheila Johana Garcia Olivera in Veracruz. Both worked for the online news organization El Verza. The shootings are being investigated now. With the addition of these murders and following the killing last week of Luis Enrique Ramriez Ramos in Sinaloa there have now been 11 journalists killed in Mexico in 2022. Last year Mexico ranked second of all nations in journalists killed with 9. We call on the government of Mexico to redouble efforts to investigate these crimes and to obtain justice for Yessenia, Sheila, Louis and all Mexican journalists."

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