Overview

• The assault took place at the end of President Claudia Sheinbaum’s regional report in Chilpancingo as reporters tried to exit a fenced press area.
• Reporters identified the aggressor as Ruslán Aranda Hernández of the Presidency’s communications office, who was responsible for media logistics and accrediting the press.
• Video shows Aranda striking veteran journalist Sergio Ocampo and throwing a metal chair that hit him in the face as he attempted to leave.
• The Coordinación General de Comunicación Social apologized to Ocampo and suspended Aranda while an internal investigation proceeds.
• Journalists condemned the attack and urged sanctions, and some reporters said security and state communications staff shielded the official after the incident.