Mexico City, Mexico
Unknown subjects flattened the address of the journalist Francisco Canul, Who reported two weeks ago the murder at the hands of Salvadoran Victoria Salazar police in Tulum, in the Mexican Caribbean, denounced the organization Article 19.
“When he got home, he found that his computer and hard drives had been stolen, as well as various personal items and cash,” the freedom of the press organization said after contacting Canul.
The journalist, of Mayan descent, He works in various local media such as the Noti Tulum portal, Canal 10, Quequi Quintana Rosego and Ràdio QFM.
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As Canul reported in Article 19, the front door and several pieces of furniture in his home in Tulum “were damaged” and his “stationery was cluttered and thrown away.”
He explained that he had to call the local police twice to report the incident and the patrol arrived at the home an hour and a half later.
He considered that “it was not a normal robbery” as “it was with ferocity”, he claimed to have found “a footprint that could be from a policeman’s boot” and suspected that “they were looking for something more”.
“It should be reiterated that these events occurred after reporting the news of Victoria, a Salvadoran migrant who was killed by municipal police on March 27, where Francisco was one of the first journalists to publicize these facts.” has highlighted Article 19.
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The organization said that “this fact is of utmost concern as the flattening in the journalist’s home has an inhibitory effect on those who exercise their right to freedom of expression and access to information.”
Victòria Esperança, 36 years old and resident in Mexico with a humanitarian visa since 2018, was subdued by the four policemen in Tulum, who broke two of her vertebrae.
Local officers, three men and a woman, were arrested on charges of feminicide.
The death of Salazar, recorded on video, has caused outrage in both countries and prompted protests from international organizations and groups accusing Mexican security forces of racism and misogyny, as well as claims by Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele.