Mexico State journalist Teresa Montaño was the victim of express kidnapping, robbery and death threats on the night of Friday, August 13.
The Zeferino Ladrillero Human Rights Center called on the authorities of the administration of Edomex Governor Alfredo del Mazo to conduct a timely investigation to find those responsible for the assault on the journalist.
We strongly request the authorities of the administration of @alfredodelmazo a timely investigation to find those responsible for the attack suffered by the journalist María Teresa Montaño Delgado. #PeriodismoLibreYa #TereMontaño pic.twitter.com/crB7D5wSKb
— Zeferino Ladrillero Human Rights Center (@CDHZL) August 14, 2021
Teresa Montaño was intercepted by several men in Zinacantepec to strip her of her car, money, belongings and files of journalistic investigations.
According to the newspaper Milenio, the journalist was detained for three hours, while the alleged perpetrators threatened to take her life.
According to the first inquiries, she was forced to go to an ATM to empty her card and later to her home, where she was stripped of her belongings, several diarys and files with journalistic investigations.
The armed men assured her that they had already been following her, so the attack could be related to her professional activities, the outlet said.
Teresa Montaño has been a correspondent for El Heraldo de México, El Universal; he currently works in the magazine Proceso.
The journalistic association expressed its solidarity with the journalist and joined the demand that she thoroughly investigate the matter and punish those responsible.
The general coordinator of social communication of the Edomex, Jorge Alberto Pérez, indicated that the government of the State of Mexico condemned any type of violence for whatever reason.
“Let’s hope the Attorney General’s Office will soon provide information,” he wrote on his Twitter account.
My solidarity with the journalist Teresa Montaño for the criminal event of the object. From the government of the State of Mexico we condemn any type of violence for whatever reason. Hopefully the @FiscaliaEdomex will soon provide information
— Jorge Alberto Pérez (@JorgeAlbertoPZ) August 14, 2021
So far in the six-year term of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, 19 journalists have been killed and killed in possible connection with their work.
With information from Milenio
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