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Another journalist disappears in mexico- Reporters without Borders

Nessuno | 30.11.2006 22:22 | Oaxaca Uprising | Other Press | Repression | Zapatista | World

Reporters Without Borders voiced alarm today at the news that Adolfo Sánchez Guzmán, the correspondent of the TV station Televisa Veracruz and the radio station Xhora Ori Stereo 99.3 in Orizaba, in the eastern state Veracruz, has been missing since 28 November. He is the third journalist to have disappeared this year in Mexico. Seven others have been murdered.

"President Vicente Fox's successor, Felipe Calderón, will begin his term of office tomorrow with press freedom violations at a level that has not seen anywhere in Latin America except war-torn Colombia," the press freedom organisation said in a letter to the incoming president.

"While it has not yet been established that Sánchez's disappearance is linked to his work as a journalist, we have every reason to fear, like his family that he has been the victim of an organised crime kidnapping," Reporters Without Borders continued. "More than ever before, the fight against organised crime is an essential requirement for the defence of press freedom."

Sánchez's father notified the police on 28 November that his son had not returned to his home in Orizaba the previous night. Reporters Without Borders has learned that his car, a green Volkswagen Beetle with the licence plate XYJ6514, was found in the neighbouring town of Ciudad Mendoza. No sign of violence was found inside the car. The reason for his disappearance is not yet known but the family fears he was kidnapped by a local gang.

Local journalists said Sánchez worked for Televisa Veracruz, an affiliate of the Telever group, until September, since when he has been working under contract for Xhora Ori Stereo 99.3, a station owned by a leading Orizaba family.

The two other journalists to have disappeared this year in Mexico are Rafael Ortiz Martínez of the local daily Zócalo, who went missing on 8 July in the northern town of Monclova, and Guevara Guevara Domínguez, the editor of the online weekly Siglo 21, who went missing on 8 October in the northwest of the country.

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TERCER PERIODISTA DESAPARECIDO DESDE EL COMIENZO DEL AÑO


Reporteros sin Fronteras está alarmada con la noticia de la desaparición de Adolfo Sánchez Guzmán, corresponsal del canal Televisa Veracruz y de la emisora de radio Xhora Ori Stereo 99.3, ocurrida el 28 de noviembre de 2006 en Orizaba, en el Estado de Veracruz (Este). Se trata del tercer periodista desaparecido, además de los siete periodistas, desde el comienzo del año 2006.

"El mandato de Felipe Calderón, sucesor de Vicente Fox el 1 de diciembre de 2006, se inicia con un balance de la libertad de prensa nunca igualado en un país del continente latinoamericano, aparte de Colombia que está en guerra. Aunque todavía no está comprobado que la desaparición de Adolfo Sánchez Guzmán esté relacionada con sus actividades periodísticas podemos temer, como su familia, que haya sido víctima del crimen organizado, que acostumbrar a secuestrar. Ahora más que nunca la defensa de la libertad de prensa pasa por la lucha contra la criminalidad organizada", ha subrayado Reporteros sin Fronteras, en una carta dirigida al nuevo presidente mexicano.

El 28 de noviembre de 2006 Adolfo Sánchez Hernández informó a la Justicia del Estado que su hijo, Adolfo Sánchez Guzmán, corresponsal del canal Televisa Veracruz y de la emisora de radio Xhora Ori Stereo 99.3, no había regresado por la noche a su domicilio de Orizaba.

Según las informaciones recogidas por Reporteros sin Fronteras, el coche del periodista -un escarabajo verde Wolkswagen, con la matrícula XYJ6514- apareció en el vecino municipio de Ciudad Mendoza, sin que en su interior se encontrara ningún rastro de violencia. De momento se ignoran las causas de la desaparición. Su familia ha dicho que teme que haya sido víctima de una mafia local.

Dos periodistas locales han indicado que Adolfo Sánchez Guzmán trabajó en Televisa Veracruz, filial del grupo Telever, hasta el pasado septiembre. Desde entonces tenía un contrato en Xhora Ori Stereo 99.3, propiedad de una importante familia de Orizaba.

Este año han desaparecido otros dos periodistas en México: Rafael Ortiz Martínez, del diario local Zócalo, el 8 de julio de 2006 en Monclova (Norte), y Guevara Guevara Domínguez, responsable de la versión digital del semanario Siglo 21, el 8 de octubre de 2006 en el noroeste del país.

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