A Mexican journalist was attacked in Mexico on New Year’s Day, continuing a trend since 2022 that resulted in the deadliest year for journalists in the country in decades.
The media site La Nota Prensa De Sonora said its director, Omar Castro, was attacked but unharmed on a street in the city of Ciudad Obregón.
Castro was traveling with his daughter and a nephew when bullets were fired at their sport utility vehicle. The van had a sign for La Nota Prensa De Sonora.
The site reported that the attacker yelled, “I’m going to kill you!” He also posted photos of the bullet-scarred vehicle.
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La Nota Prensa De Sonora reports mainly on local politics, as well as entertainment and other news.
The attack on Sunday, the first day of 2023, came after Mexico suffered its worst year for journalist murders in three decades, with at least 15 murders.
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The attack on Castro comes weeks after Mexican journalist Ciro Gómez Leyva was shot by gunmen on a street in Mexico City. Leyva survived the attack.
Some journalists have blamed President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who has been an outspoken critic of journalists, including Leyva, since he took office in 2018.
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Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador listens as he meets with President Biden in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 12, 2022.
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“Practically all expressions of hate towards journalists are incubated, born and disseminated in the National Palace,” says a letter signed by 180 journalists after the attack on Leyva. “If President López Obrador does not control his angry impulses towards critical journalists, the country will enter an even bloodier phase.”
President Biden is scheduled to travel to Mexico City on January 9 for a two-day traveling meeting with the leaders of Mexico and Canada.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital on whether violence against journalists will be on the agenda.
