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The Inter-American Press Association (SIP) spoke out on Tuesday against the “continued attacks” against journalists by Layda Sansores, Morenist governor of the state of Campeche.

Through a statement, the organization based in Florida, USA, said that since 2022 the president has engaged in “bullying behavior” against state and national news outlets. that she considers negative for her management and those close to her, especially when they report acts. abuse of power and corruption.

And it’s that their YouTube TV show, Jaguar Tuesday, which airs every Tuesday night, “insults and slanders” them. Even the communicators Luis Mendoza Leciano, Ángel Escamilla and Carlos Martínez Caamal, who work in Campeche, denounced in 2022 having been victims of threats, attacks and hate speech.

“Among the journalists insulted by the governor are Ciro Gómez Leyva, Carlos Loret, Joaquín López Dóriga, Carlos Marín, Raymundo Riva Palacio, Ricardo Alemán and Javier Tejado”

In this regard, Michael Greenspon, IAPA President and Global Director of Print Licensing and Innovation for The New York Times, urged Sansores San Román to respect press freedom and journalistic work, as well as ‘to stop “dangerous intimidating driving”, “because it usually carries consequences of physical violence”.

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