The US State Department said Tuesday in its annual report on human rights that organized crime is the main perpetrator of violence in Mexico and that the authorities do not investigate “the vast majority of crimes.”
For Washington, impunity during the administration of Andrés Manuel López Obrador remains a “problem” that encompasses all crimes committed in the country, “including human rights violations and corruption.”
The report reported that organized crime is the “main perpetrator” of violent crimes in Mexico, such as homicide, torture, kidnapping, extortion and human trafficking, and that some authorities are “accomplices” of criminal gangs.
“The government investigated and prosecuted some of these crimes, but the vast majority remained uninvestigated or prosecuted,” the report said.
On freedom of expression in Mexico, the US recalled that in 2021 the journalistic union was the victim of murders, attacks, harassment and intimidation, especially by officials and organized crime.
He noted that there are no restrictions for the press to openly criticize the government, but stressed that “politicians publicly discredit journalists” who do so.
“High levels of impunity, including in the murders of journalists, generate self-censorship and reduce the freedom of expression of the press,” he said.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken denounced in February via Twitter that the “high number of journalists killed in Mexico this year and the continuing threats they face are worrying.”
“The high number of journalists killed in Mexico this year and the continuing threats they face are worrying. I join those who demand greater responsibility and protection for Mexican journalists,” the number two in the US government said through his Twitter account.
Mexico maintains “the deplorable status of being the deadliest country in the world for journalists' work.” At least 150 journalists have been killed in the last 25 years, according to Death Watch. However, López Obrador responded to Blinken that he was “misinformed” and claimed that in Mexico “there is no impunity.”
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