Journalist badly beaten in Mexico
Journalist badly beaten in Mexico
Angela Kocherga, KHOU 11 News 8:39 p.m. CDT September 15, 2014
A photo of Silva's bruised and bloodied face went viral as news of her beating spread.
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico -- In Mexico, journalists across the country have banded together to demand justice in the latest attack on one of their own, Karla Silva, a reporter beaten at the newspaper offices of El Heraldo de Silao.
"This is just a reflection of what happens nationally," said Luz del Carmen Sosa, co-founder of the Red de Periodistas de Ciudad Juarez. Sosa is among those watching the case closely. A photo of Silva's bruised and bloodied face went viral as news of her beating spread.
"Silva's reporting has been very critical of the Silao municipal government, headed by a mayor who is a member of the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)," according to Reporters Without Borders. "She has written about the poor services in Silao, the high crime rate, wasteful use of resources and lack of transparency," said Reporters without Borders on its webpage.
"The attack on Silva came just two days after Victor Pérez, a journalist with the magazine Sucesos, was murdered in Chihuahua state, and shots were fired at newspaper editor Ignacio Domínguez's home in Veracruz state. A threatening message was also left inside a pig's head on Domínguez's doorstep," according to Reporters without Borders.
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