There are actions that can be changed for the benefit of freedom of expression in Mexico.
Propuesta Cívica proposes 5:

• In criminal matters:
  strengthen criminal policy to investigate crimes committed against freedom of expression.
• In terms of protection:
  to strengthen technically and in terms of budget, both federal and local Prosecutor's Offices, as well as the Protection Mechanism for Human Rights Defenders and Journalists.
• In legislative matters:
  to promote and approve legislative initiatives that guarantee the exercise of freedom of expression, and to repeal the crimes that criminalize freedom of the press that are still in force in Campeche, Nuevo León, Sonora, Yucatán and Zacatecas.
• In labor matters:
  that the media comply with labor obligations with respect to their collaborators.
• In international matters:
  to attend to the recommendations issued by international organizations in matters of freedom of speech.

She was a journalist and correspondent in Veracruz for Proceso magazine; she had been a journalist for more than 30 years when she was murdered on April 28, 2012 in her home.

Her last journalistic notes made reference to the state's insecurity, corruption and the actions of criminal groups. The most prominent names in her articles are Javier Duarte, Fidel Herrera, Arturo Bermudez and Reynaldo Escobar Perez; who have turned out to be controversial characters and investigated for different accusations. Over the years it has been noted that Regina had planned to reveal crucial information about missing persons in the state before she was murdered. However, the lines of investigation by the Veracruz Prosecutor's Office and the FEADLE have not prioritized her journalistic work and, instead, the process has been plagued with irregularities and obstacles. The then Attorney General of the State of Veracruz, Amadeo Flores, stated that the motive for the murder was robbery, although he also leaked information that it was a crime of passion.

His murder strongly marked the journalistic guild with fear. Veracruz is the most violent state for the press in Mexico. Propuesta Cívica works together with Proceso and Reporters Without Borders to promote progress in the search for justice.

Learn more about the case at: #MemoriasQueHablan

"Oaxacan journalist, director of the news portal "La Policiaca, la Nota Roja de Oaxaca". He covered politics and violence in the Isthmus of Oaxaca; he covered hydrocarbon trafficking in the region. On June 17, 2021 he was murdered when he was intercepted while driving his motorcycle in the company of his minor son in the community of Morro de Mazatán, located in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Oaxaca; subjects got out of a vehicle and shot him.

Gustavo Sánchez was incorporated into the Protection Mechanism at the time of his homicide due to previous aggressions he had been the victim of. However, even at the time of his murder, the measures of the protection scheme had not been provided. The journalist himself had insisted on multiple occasions that they be granted, asked for a bulletproof vest and warned of the areas where he was most at risk, but in spite of everything, the authorities remained indifferent.

In July 2022, the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) issued a Recommendation addressed to SEGOB, the Government of Oaxaca and the Attorney General's Office of the State of Oaxaca for the negligence and omissions that led to the murder of the journalist. The authorities must acknowledge their responsibility, offer a public apology and guarantees of non-repetition.

Learn more about the case at: #MemoriasQueHablan

Known as “Milo Vela” for being the pseudonym with which he signed his daily column "Va de Nuez'', he was a Veracruz journalist known for his work in Notiver, one of the most widely circulated media in the country.

In his columns he addressed political issues and citizen complaints, described the violence that increasingly plagued Veracruz, expressed a bit of his humor and questioned the actions of local authorities. The last publications he made were during the mandate of Javier Duarte de Ochoa (PRI). He published a book, "Todos están adentro", in which he recounted the first drug trafficking clashes in the state.

On June 20, 2011 he was murdered along with his wife and one of his children. Milo had previously received aggressions such as smear campaigns and threats. On May 3, 2007 a human head was left at Notiver's headquarters with a note that read "Here we leave you a gift (...) this way many heads will roll. Milo Vela knows it and many more".

Currently his case has reached international instances with the People's Tribunal on the Murder of Journalists, formed by different organizations including Reporters Without Borders. In 2022 the Tribunal condemned the Mexican State for the crime and issued 20 recommendations urging an end to impunity in crimes against journalists. Today Propuesta Cívica is legally representing the case, accompanying Milo Vela's family in the construction of memory, the search for justice and reparation of damages.

Learn more about the case at: #MemoriasQueHablan

We are a Mexican organization with more than 11 years of experience in the promotion and defense of human rights and freedom of expression in Mexico, through the comprehensive accompaniment of human rights defenders and journalists at risk for their work, as well as public policy advocacy and research applied to human rights issues, where strategic communication plays a key role for the visibility and protection of victims and their families.

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