Mexican journalists protest, urge president to stop violence against press

A journalist holds a photo of late photojournalist Margarito Martinez during a protest to demand justice for the violent deaths of five journalists this year, amid a new peak in attacks against press workers in the country, outside a military facility where Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador holds his regular news conference, in Tijuana, Mexico February 17, 2022. REUTERS/Jorge Duenes

Journalists in the Mexican border city of Tijuana on Thursday held protests to urge President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to bring to an end the spate of violence that has seen five media workers killed this year.

Reporters protested inside and outside the military barracks in Tijuana, where Lopez Obrador held a morning news conference.