Overview

• SIP’s July 22 alert highlights a Campeche court order barring journalist Jorge Luis González Valdez from mentioning Governor Layda Sansores and imposing prior review on Tribuna Campeche content.
• Puebla’s penal code reform broadens the crime of “ciberacoso” and establishes a vague “violencia digital” offense punishable by prison for publications deemed to “affect dignity.”
• The National Electoral Institute demanded that La Silla Rota hand over investigative materials under threat of up to 11 million pesos in fines, a move SIP calls indirect intimidation of journalistic sources.
• An order from the Electoral Tribunal of Tamaulipas forced El Universal to remove a critical column by Héctor de Mauleón at the behest of a magistrate candidate.
• SIP President José Roberto Dutriz warned these state-backed judicial, legislative and administrative actions reflect an increasingly hostile institutional environment and deepen Mexico’s low ranking on the SIP Chapultepec Index.