On today’s broadcast of the Journalists Club of Mexico’s regular Voces del periodista ("Journalist Voices") radio program, Celeste Sáenz de Miera, Secretary General of the Club, reported that she has become the victim of harassment and possible threats.
Sáenz has been an outspoken voice against neoliberal looting and NATO’s war with Russia. Just one week ago, during the awards ceremony for the Journalists Club’s 70th annual National and International Journalist Contest, she denounced Ukraine’s NATO-run Center for Countering Disinformation by name for its hit lists against reporters, operating as part of the drive to impose global censorship of dissenting views. The Schiller Institute and its founder, Helga Zepp- LaRouche, received the Club’s “Freedom of Expression from the Academic Realm” award at that Dec. 7 ceremony.
Sáenz revealed that last weekend, drones flew over her home in the city of Cuernavaca, south of Mexico City. The police advised her that drones are used not only for spying, but they can also carry explosive material which they can drop.
She complained that the security personnel assigned to her have not complied with the protocol which they are required to scrupulously follow. She has also received telephone calls to her home from people identifying themselves as members of the National Guard, but from the state of Guerrero, which is very strange, since she lives in the state of Morelos.
Furthermore, the security cameras near her house are out of order and have not been repaired, even though this has been reported to authorities.
Sáenz has filed a complaint with the Special Prosecutor’s Office for Crimes Committed against Freedom of Expression (FEADLE), which is specifically responsible for protecting journalists in Mexico, but the procedures that it has established for protecting journalists have yet to be effective—a protest raised several times during the Dec. 7 awards ceremony.
