This is how absurdly—and alarmingly—the law is being applied.
🔎What is known so far about the case?
🎥Journalist Rafael León Segovia was arrested on December 24 after sharing a video of a traffic accident in Coatzacoalcos, footage that went viral on social media.
👮After that post, he was accused by the Veracruz Attorney General’s Office of terrorism, obstruction of justice, and crimes against public security institutions.
🔴Governor Rocío Nahle denied that censorship exists and asserted that in Veracruz, freedom of expression is exercised “even to excess.”
📜She maintained that the law is applied equally to everyone, whether journalists or not, and that the case is in the hands of the state Attorney General’s Office, with support from the Federal Attorney General’s Office (FGR).
🔥The accusation sparked a strong reaction:
🔹Journalists’ organizations and human rights defenders warn of the criminalization of journalistic practice.
🔹On social media, the case is being criticized as a disproportionate use of criminal law to punish the dissemination of inconvenient information.
🔹To date, no clear and compelling explanation has been publicly presented to justify equating their journalistic work with an act of terrorism.
🎙️The message being sent is dangerous: If recording, documenting, and publishing matters of public interest can land you in prison on terrorism charges, press freedom is in critical condition.
📰Reporting is not a crime.
🚫Silencing the press does put all of society at risk.
🧠What is at stake is not just one journalist, but everyone’s right to know.
Source: amorpormexico
