Former Mexican journalists offering asylum

As you can tell by now, Mexico is not a welcoming country for journalists. As Ashley mentioned in the last blog post, Jean Paul Ibarra Ramírez was fatally shot just last week. The number of murdered journalists in Mexico just keeps on climbing. I read a very interesting article, Two Mexican Journalists Look To Help Those Across The Border, which stated that two former Mexican journalists whose lives were threatened in Mexico want to offer asylum to current journalists. Emilio Gutierrez Soto, who asked the U.S. for asylum last year has plans to partner with another journalist and create an organization titled, PEMEXX (Periodistsas Mexicanos en Exilio). It will be really interesting to see how the organization fairs in the upcoming months/years and if it is able to give refuge to threatened journalists, like Lydia Cacho.

--Urja (Mexico)