Eleven years after Mexican reporter's murder, RSF demands answers

[Judi Lynn]

On the 11th anniversary of Mexican journalist Regina Martínez’s murder, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and its Mexican partner, Propuesta Cívica, call on Mexico’s supreme court to recognise her employer, the weekly magazine Proceso, as an indirect victim so that the investigation into her death can be relaunched.

A respected reporter, Regina Martinez had been Proceso’s correspondent for the past 12 years in the eastern state of Veracruz, investigating links between Veracruz’s politicians and the cartels, when she was found strangled in the bathroom of her home in Xalapa, the state’s capital, on 28 April 2012.

However, the investigation that the Mexican authorities conducted into her murder was marred by many irregularities and they completely failed to explore the many indications that her murder was linked to her work as a reporter.

RSF and Propuesta Cívica filed a complaint with the Special Prosecutor’s Office for Crimes against Freedom of Expression (FEADLE) in 2021 with the aim of getting Proceso formally recognised as an indirect victim so that the investigation could be relaunched. After the FEADLE rejected the request, it was referred on 24 October 2022 to Mexico’s supreme court, whose decision is now awaited.

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Regina Martínez

Rest in Peace