Mexico City, Mexico
Unknown topics invaded the home of the journalist Francisco Canul, who reported the murder by police officers of Salvadoran Victoria Esperanza Salazar in Tulum, in the Mexican Caribbean, two weeks ago, denounced the organization Article 19.
“When he arrived at his house, he discovered that computers and hard drives had been stolen, as well as various personal belongings and cash,” the press freedom organization said after contacting Canul.
The journalist, of Mayan descent, works in various local media such as the Noti Tulum portal, Channel 10, Quequi Quintana Roo and Radio QFM.
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According to Canul in connection with Article 19, the entrance door and various furniture to his home in Tulum had been “damaged” and his “stationery was messed up and thrown away”.
He said he had to call the local police twice to report the events and the patrol arrived at his home an hour and a half later.
He took the view that “it was not a normal robbery” as “it was mean”, claimed to have “found a footprint that could come out of a police officer’s boot” and suspected that “they were looking for something else. “.
“It should be reiterated that these events took place after reporting the news of Victoria, a Salvadoran migrant who was murdered by municipal police on March 27, where Francisco was one of the first journalists to publicize these events,” Article 19 emphasizes. .
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The organization said that “this fact is a major concern as the raid on the journalist’s home is inhibiting those exercising their right to freedom of expression and access to information.”
Victoria Esperanza, 36, a Mexican resident with a humanitarian visa since 2018, was subdued by the four police officers in Tulum, who broke two vertebrae.
The local officers, three men and a woman, were arrested on charges of feminicide.
The death of Salazar, videotaped, has sparked outrage and motivated protests in both countries by international organizations and groups accusing Mexican security forces of racism and misogyny, in addition to claims by Salvadoran president, Nayib Bukele.