Relatives, friends and colleagues of the journalistic guild of Susana Carreño, director of Radio Universidad in Puerto Vallarta, march this Saturday to demand that the Jalisco Prosecutor’s Office and the government of Enrique Alfaro investigate the aggression against the journalist.
With the slogans “It was not a robbery, it was an attack”, “The truth is not killed by silencing journalists”, “Justice for Susana”, “We are all Susana”, the mobilization reached the prosecutor’s office of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco.
Yesterday, Susana Carreño was attacked with a knife in the La Moderna neighborhood in Puerto Vallarta, around noon. After the assault she was taken to a hospital and underwent surgery, after which her colleagues reported her out of danger.
The Jalisco Prosecutor’s Office reported that the journalist was assaulted due to an assault; however, his colleagues demand that the authorities not go ahead and investigate the fact and not discard his journalistic work as a possible motive for the attack.
His relatives and fellow journalists in Puerto Vallarta demand that Governor Enrique Alfaro anticipate the investigations and conclude that the aggression was due to a robbery.
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“We are angry that Governor Enrique Alfaro is advancing conclusions and that he points out this case only as a robbery. We are outraged that the motive of her journalistic work is discarded, knowing that Susana is a brave woman who has worked on countless issues of political and business corruption in a town like Puerto Vallarta,” they said in a statement.
The whole family of @CANAL44TV and #RadioUdeG we appreciate the solidarity of the journalistic guild.
We say it together: Stop the violence. Stop attacks on journalists
What happened with our colleague @susanaradio, cannot and should not be repeated. pic.twitter.com/A2JGZBgm5C
— Radio Universidad de Guadalajara (@RadioUdeG) July 2, 2022
Jorge Téllez López, rector of the Centro Universitario de la Costa, said that until now it is known that it was “a direct attack” and that, therefore, it is “reckless” to anticipate securing a mobile before the investigations determine it.
Channel 44 of the University of Guadalajara (UDG), where Susana Carreño also works, reported that the red Jeep truck owned by the journalist was located abandoned in a place on the outskirts of Puerto Vallarta.
“The prosecution’s theory that the motive for the aggression was the theft of said unit and its belongings is getting further and further away,” he said.
Upon arriving at the Puerto Vallarta prosecutor’s office, the contingent found a locked unit with locks on the door.
Photo: Victor Hugo Magaña @semaforoenambar
Upon arriving at the @FiscaliaJal of #PuertoVallarta, the contingent that demonstrated to demand justice for the attack on Susana Carreño (@susanaradio) found a closed unit, and even with locks on the door. pic.twitter.com/TJq6Ny1sae
— Channel 44 (@CANAL44TV) July 2, 2022
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