Media workers protested against the wave of violence and attacks that persists throughout the country. Photo by Ni Uno Menos Michoacán on Facebook, a collective that emerged during recent attacks against journalists in that state. Photo used with permission. In less than three months in Mexico, eight local journalists have been murdered and multiple aggressions against communicators have been documented. National and international organizations have spoken out about this crisis of violence and journalists have denounced the Mexican government's downplaying of the murders. Mexico is considered one of the most dangerous countries to practice journalism, along with Ukraine, which is currently at war with Russia Ocho periodistas asesinados en menos de dos meses (16 de enero al 15 de marzo). Cuatro por mes, uno por semana. Esas son las cifras, pero estos son los rostros. Cada uno, parte de una familia; era un padre, una madre, un hermano, una hermana… y no hay más: el Estado les falló. pic.twitter.com/OeoRrjuCrG — Ignacio Gómez Villaseñor (@ivillasenor) March 16, 2022 Eight journalists murdered in less than two months (January 16 to March 15). Four per month, one per week. Those are the numbers, but these are the faces. Each one was part of a family; they were a father, a mother, a brother, a sister… and that's what it is: the State failed them. Journalists from various Mexican states have expressed their fear and condemned the threats to freedom of expression in their country. Many of them have raised their voices for their colleagues who are no longer here and for their right to exercise their work without being the target of death threats and other aggressions. Meanwhile, journalists denounce that incumbent President Andrés Manuel López Obrador issues statements that do not help media workers. Este declaración es preocupante, indignante y criminal; @lopezobrador_ minimiza los #AsesinatosDePeriodistas en #México, con un discurso mediocremente triunfalista, expone que en 2 meses y medio “han perdido la vida cerca de 5 mil mexicanos… y de esos 5 mil, 5 periodistas”. pic.twitter.com/jLOjob14mL — Fernelly Campos (@FernellyCampos) March 11, 2022 This statement is worrying, outrageous and criminal; @lopezobrador_ minimizes the #MurdersOfJournalists in #Mexico, with a mediocrely triumphalist speech, he exposes that in 2 and a half months “nearly 5 thousand Mexicans have lost their lives… and of those 5 thousand, 5 journalists”. Hoy hubo 3 momentos de protestas de periodistas en eventos públicos por los riesgos de la prensa. En el Congreso de Morelos por el asesinato de Linares, en el foro sobre el mecanismo de protección de Segob en Tepic y en el foro de Libertad de Expresión en DF ante Encinas. pic.twitter.com/tOqucBaySf — marcelaturati (@marcelaturati) March 17, 2022 Today there were 3 protests by journalists at public events due to the risks to the press. At the Morelos Congress for the murder of Linares, at the forum on the government's protection mechanism in Tepic and at the Freedom of Expression forum in Mexico City before [the politician, Alejandro] Encinas. Ya está listo el pronunciamiento de los periodistas en Michoacán que estamos, más que asustados, indignados por el asesinato de Armando Linares. ¿Qué? ¿nos van a matar a todos?. — Dalia M. Martínez (@daliammd) March 16, 2022 The statement of the journalists in Michoacán who are, more than scared, outraged by the murder of Armando Linares, is ready. What, are they going to kill us all? Patricia Monreal habla en el congreso en Morelia, Michoacán por el asesinato Armando Linares, el octavo periodista asesinado en lo que va del año en México. Video: Ni uno más Michoacán #NiunoMás #PeriodismoenRiesgo #NiSilencioNiOlvido pic.twitter.com/9pHnTbl5DP — #FotoRreporterosMx (@FotoReporMx) March 16, 2022 Patricia Monreal speaks in congress in Morelia, Michoacán about the murder of Armando Linares, the eighth journalist murdered so far this year in Mexico. Video: Ni uno más Michoacán #NotOneMore #JournalismatRisk #NotStayingSilentNorForgotten. On March 15, 2022, the journalist and director of the digital media Monitor Michoacán, Armando Linares, was shot and killed, just a month and a half after having denounced the attack against his colleague Roberto Toledo, who was also killed in January of the same year. Both were investigating politics and corruption in their communities. Armando Linares, director del Monitor de Zitácuaro, Mich., informó el 31 de enero pasado que acaban de asesinar a su compañero Roberto Toledo y que él también tenía amenazas. Hoy fue asesinado.