From 2017 to 2023, Mexico recorded 83 murders of journalists. This is more than all other countries in Latin America and the Caribbean combined. During that same seven-year period, Colombia witnessed the killings of 17 journalists. The largest country in the Latin American and Caribbean region with no journalists killed between 2017 and 2023 was Argentina.
Number of journalists killed in selected Latin America and the Caribbean from 2017 to 2023
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UNESCO. (April 20, 2024). Number of journalists killed in selected Latin America and the Caribbean from 2017 to 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 12, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/955616/number-journalists-killed-type-country-latin-america/
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UNESCO. (2024). Number of journalists killed in selected Latin America and the Caribbean from 2017 to 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 12, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/955616/number-journalists-killed-type-country-latin-america/
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Number of journalists killed in selected Latin America and the Caribbean from 2017 to 2023 [Graph], UNESCO, April 20, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/955616/number-journalists-killed-type-country-latin-america/