translated from Spanish: Nuevo León Civil Force stops and hits reporter Vianca Treviño

Between the night of April 8 and the early morning of April 9, Vianca Maleny Treviño Navejar, a reporter for Multimedia Television, was arbitrarily and physically and verbally assaulted by elements of the Nuevo León Civil Force, ARTICLE 19 reported.
According to the human rights organization, the assaults occurred during a cover of an assault on an alcohol explosion in Colonia Santa Lucia, Monterrey, Nuevo León where a person was injured by a firearm.
“The reporter, together with cameraman Raúl Zúñiga, arrived at the site of the events in the last minutes of the night of April 9. Zúñiga stayed in the car to lower the equipment while Treviño came forward so he could take pictures of what happened and gather testimonies,” the organization says.
As reported by the reporter and cameraman to ARTICLE 19, when Treviño began its coverage, “there was still no security cordoning in the area”. Zúñiga, for his part, told ARTICLE 19 that “immediately after the police saw them arrive, they went straight to remember the place. However, because Vianca was already covering, she was locked inside the cordoning.”
Once the cordoning was established, within which Treviño was located, a member of the Civil Force went to Treviño telling him that he “did not respect space” and that “he went over the yellow ribbon”. Vianca said he asked The Civil Force to allow him to notify Zuñiga of what was happening, but the element prevented him.
“Then other members of the state police approached, among whom one accused Vianca of taking photographs of him. While this was not true, even if it had been, journalists as well as anyone have the right to take pictures of public servants and security agents during the exercise of their duties,” article 19 says.
Later, she narrates the information, a policewoman told her she was “turning her cock” and grabbed her tightly from her wrists by removing her cell phone and watch. The agents began intimidating Treviño, demanding his cell phone password to verify that she had not taken photos, when she was denied handcuffed and put in unit number 323.
Inside the unit, they kept pressing her to give her password. Under pressure, Treviño provided them with the password and realized that he had not taken any photographs. However, they told him that “I’m sure he had them in another folder” and that he would “be hiding them.”
Zúñiga confirmed with ARTICLE 19 that seeing that the policewoman was struggling with the journalist, she tried to approach and record the facts. However, they wouldn’t let him through and a cop grabbed him by the chest and lowered his camera to stop recording. “Forcing Zúñiga to stop recording the facts, sets up a limitation to freedom of expression and the right to report,” the organization said.
The account also indicates that Treviño was subsequently transferred to the command known as San Bernabé Station. Treviño told ARTICLE 19 that along the way they continued to threaten her: “You’ve already been charged, so easy was to do what we said.” When they arrived they got off and put it behind the unit to start collecting their personal data.
As reported by Treviño, ARTICLE 19 was never mentioned his rights or why he was arrested. She learned that she was being framed for administrative misdemeanors at the time of collection of her data, and that the policewoman told her that “to see what other crime she was putting in her”, violating rights over due process, access to justice and decent treatment.
According to information gathered by ARTICLE 19, “the detention lasted 30 to 45 minutes, until one of the policemen gave the order to have his handcuffs removed. That’s when the reporter was able to contact Zúñiga to go get her.”
Due to the treatment of civil force elements and elements, “Vianca had injuries to her wrists, so Zúñiga moved her to St. Vincent’s Hospital for review. At the hospital he was informed that he has a fissure and that he must use a immobilizing splint for 15 days, all caused by the struggle and because the handcuffs were very tight,” ARTICLE 19 explained.
With information from ARTICLE 19
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Original source in Spanish