translated from Spanish: Woman journalist of Zacapu denounces threats of “quemamontes”

Zacapu, Michoacán.-Journalist Alejandra Jiménez García, who works in this region of Zacapu, denounced threats of “quemamontes”, which she refers are entrepreneurs interested in the change of land use for the planting of avocados. The intimidation has reached such a degree that they left a message in his car in which the Amagan with attack against its integrity, narrated the communicator in a video of two minutes with 26 seconds that it shared with the colleagues of the press.
The journalist underlined that she has already requested protection from the state attorney General’s office. In the recording he made, Jiménez Garcia commented: “My name is Alejandra Jiménez Garcia, I have 19 years practicing journalism in the region Zacapu. The facts that I want to denounce refer to the threats that I have been subject to in the wake of the drafting and publication of some informative notes, both in digital media and in broadcasting, which has to do with the subject of change of land use in the Zaca region. Pu comprising the Zacapu and the Coeno, by entrepreneurs who have been making immoderate logging, as well as causing wildfires.

“I have filed the corresponding allegations with the agencies of the Public Prosecutor’s office in Zacapu and Puruándiro respectively. I have requested the protection of the attorney General of the State on 22 May to denounce that the conditions in which the journalistic work is done in that region are not optimal, we have no security, there are no guarantees to make a Professional exercise, in addition with respect to freedom of expression, those are the conditions in which we are working for it I manifest myself with fear of the threats that I have been subject directly, through telephone calls, also through harassment to my Person. ”
“I received threats that were placed in my vehicle and I am requesting the protection of the authorities, in addition to the direct telephone calls I have been subjected to harassment of persecution, I leave my municipality to carry out the journalistic work, I have been located of Direct way with a threatening poster that is referred to the notes I’ve made about wildfires, where I say: ‘ You’re going to go off the hill with your ‘ and it is a situation that already generates fear because I am being intimidated and locating where I scroll Azo, within my work activities, that is why I am requesting protection because I consider my physical integrity to be at risk. ”
On the subject this medium consulted the unit of protection to journalists, dependent of the Secretariat of Government of Michoacán, to know what they do in this respect and the answer was that the attention was given to the journalist to determine the urgent measures of the case, in order to provide him with security.
It was also added that the federal machinery would be given an analysis of the matter in accordance with the protocols established and as soon as possible to ensure the protection of the complainant.

Original source in Spanish