When reporter Javier Valdez was pulled from his car and executed in broad daylight in Culiacán, Sinaloa on May 15, becoming the sixth member of the Mexican press to be killed in two months. The growing number is a disturbing reminder that everyone is targeted, no one is safe: print journalists, TV and radio reporters, photographers, editors, owners. In a decade-long wave of violence against journalists, parents have been gunned down in front of their children; children in front of their parents. Murders take place in the dead of night or in broad daylight; in one of Mexico’s 32 states or in the middle of Mexico City.
On June 15, a month after the murder of Valdez, many international media outlets will publish content to inform the public about the struggle of the Mexican press. This information campaign, titled “Our voice is our strength,” is to show Mexican journalists they are not alone, and to let the Mexican government know that the world is watching, and waiting for a solution.