Overview

• The count covers January 1 to July 31, 2025, affecting 39 journalists and 12 media outlets, which the group says averages a new case every four days.
• Electoral routes were most used with 26 cases, followed by 14 criminal and 11 civil actions, while 25 filings invoked VPEG in ways the group says silence reporting.
• Documented outcomes include ordered content removals, compelled public apologies, and in Campeche a court-named interventor to review journalist Jorge Luis González’s work before publication.
• Cases were reported in 17 states, led by Veracruz with 10, Mexico City with 9, and Jalisco with 6.
• Alleged initiators included 23 public officials as well as parties and private actors, and Article 19 issued 13 recommendations urging legal reforms and institutional limits to curb abuses.