A new report on press freedom in Mexico has revealed that at least twenty-four journalists and media workers have been killed in Mexico over the past eight years. Eight journalists have disappeared and dozens have been threatened or attacked in direct response to their work. Robert Shaw of the International Media Support urged the Mexican government to give prosecutors more power in investigating crimes against journalists.

Robert Shaw: “They don’t have teeth, they don’t have money, and they don’t have a political drive or willpower behind us. And this is what’s killing Mexico, and it’s what’s killing Mexican journalism, is that you create a sense of institutions that end up being like ghost-like institutions that don’t actually get to the core of changing the problem. And this is why we are coming together as an international community, to try and work with Mexican journalists, to try and work with local organizations to change this.”