El Salvador expels Mexican journalist Daniel Lizárraga amid crackdown on dissent

Edited by Ed Newman
2021-07-09 12:25:25

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San Salvador, July 9 (RHC)-- El Salvador’s government has expelled prominent Mexican journalist Daniel Lizárraga after he led investigations into government corruption at the Salvadoran online news source El Faro. 

San Salvador, July 9 (RHC)-- El Salvador’s government has expelled prominent Mexican journalist Daniel Lizárraga after he led investigations into government corruption at the Salvadoran online news source El Faro. 

In a video message recorded at the airport just before his expulsion to Mexico, Lizárraga promised El Faro would remain committed to independent journalism.   Lizárraga said: “They will not silence us.  It won’t happen.  We won’t stop publishing.  We’ll continue offering the best information possible, to the best of our abilities, as rigorously as possible.”

The Inter American Press Association and other press freedom groups have condemned the government of President Nayib Bukele for clamping down on dissent.
 



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  • PATRICIA GONZALEZ's gravatar
    PATRICIA GONZALEZ
    19/07/2021 09:55 pm

    HE DIDN'T HAVE A WORK VISA AND DESPITE THAT HE WORKED AS A NEWSPAPER EDITOR, IN WHICH COUNTRY CAN YOU SIPLLY ENTER AND WORK WITHOUT THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS AND NOT BE CONSIDERED A SIMPLE CRIMINAL .. DO NOT TRANSGIVERSE REALITY


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