To effectively convey the important message of our campaign, we crafted a series of three short films, aiming for the realism that a topic like this demands. We carefully adopted a documentary-inspired style, incorporating the journalists' notes into the scripts to shed light on the motives behind their murders.

Mexico is the deadliest country in the world for journalists, with 26 murdered in the last two years alone. Journalists killed in Mexico face a double injustice: their motives are dismissed, and potential suspects are overlooked. Public discussions veer towards irrelevant personal details, silencing these

voices and burying their crucial stories. This shift perpetuates a dangerous cycle of impunity for their killers.

“Chaparrita” tells the story of Regina Martínez Pérez, Proceso journalist in Veracruz, murdered at her home in Xalapa, on April 28, 2012

The police stated that her murder was a crime of passion and attempted to dismiss her work as a journalist as motive for the crime.

To shed light on this grim reality, Propuesta Cívica, an NGO that legally represents the families of the victims, recreated the last moments in the lives of three of the most relevant cases of journalist assassinations in the country over the past decade, all of which remain unpunished.

With the upcoming presidential election in Mexico, we wanted to put this issue in the public agenda, looking for the candidates to take a stance and commit to take action to protect journalists.