Journalism and violence in México: historical perspective of a traumatic relationship

Abstract

This paper will analyze the problems surrounding Mexican journalism, which is exposed to different forms of violence: extortion, murders, disappearances, torture, smear campaigns, etc., covered by the impunity that the State itself promotes. The country's situation not only limits journalistic work but has created a "not free" country due to self-censorship out of fear and tight control through laws over the media.

In this article a brief overview of the institutionalization of drug trafficking will be made in an introductory way to understand the deep roots with which this business has penetrated the highest sectors of Mexican society and, gradually, the consequence of this in the media, since some of them have been subordinated to this "order" established by drug trafficking and by the fear instilled from high places. The route that this article will follow will be willing to value certain elements mentioned such as the impunity of the aggressors and the fear suffered by the media, for this, developing the complex link between drug trafficking and the elite of society from the beginning. of the illegal sale of drugs. The striking deaths of some journalists, the numbers of attacks against journalists and the psychological risks they suffer due to traumatic situations within their profession will also be valued.