Journalists demand justice for journalist Luis Enrique Ramírez murdered in northern Mexico

Dozens of journalists and members of civil society demonstrated this Friday in front of the Cathedral of Culiacán, in the northwestern state Mexican of Sinaloa, to demand justice for the crime of journalist Luis Enrique Ramírez, whose body was found on Thursday.

Ramirez He wrote the column El Ancla for the newspaper El Debate and was director of the Fuentes Fidedignas portal. It is being investigated whether the crime is related to his journalistic work in Mexicowhere nine journalists have been murdered this year.

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The demonstration began at 10:00 a.m. (3:00 p.m. GMT), on the steps of the Cathedral, in the center of this city, where dozens of reporters, cameramen, photographers, human rights defenders and members of civil organizations attended. . The demonstrators carried banners and photos of the murdered journalist.

María de los Ángeles Moreno, president of the Association of Journalists from Sinaloa June 7, demanded that the state and federal authorities clarify the crime of Ramirez.

To Louis Henry Ramirez he was murdered and that is a terrible thing for journalism. We don’t want the authorities to see it as just another file, just another journalist. We demand justice in deeds, not words. Do not tell us that this will not go unpunished, because we have heard it hundreds of times. The journalists We are not a privileged union, we are part of society and we demand justice”Moreno shared during the march.

The woman said that the journalistic union will remain attentive to the course of the investigations to prevent it from going unpunished like other cases that have been registered in the state.

He reported that Ramirez was a great journalist for 40 years of experience, focused on issues related to politics and that “it was a privileged pen” that was recognized by personalities such as the writer Elena Poniatowska, he shared.

Mexican journalist Luis Enrique Ramírez. (Twitter / @RamirezElAncla/)

For his part, Ismael Bojórquez, director of the weekly newspaper Ríodoce, said that Mexico It continues to be the most violent country in which to practice this trade, even if it is not at war, especially in states where drug trafficking permeates, such as Sinaloa.

“In Mexico Organized crime continues to act without any control, without any counterweight on the part of the government, and that is what is causing this risky situation in the journalistic profession. (…) The federal government itself has recognized that in 45% of the attacks against journalists officials participate and that explains why crimes against journalists they are not punished and the level of impunity is 97%”Bojórquez recounted in an interview with Efe.

the crime of Ramirez It happens 10 days before the fifth anniversary of the murder of renowned journalist Javier Valdez, perpetrated on May 15, 2017.

In 2011 Ramirez had to flee from Sinaloa for fear of being assassinated, as he had revealed in an interview with a local newspaper.

The journalist warned that he feared for his life and that he could be the next after the murders of several colleagues in early 2011.

On this background, the head of the Sinaloa Attorney General’s Office, Sara Bruna Quiñónez, reported on Thursday that it is one of the lines of investigation.

Source: Elcomercio