Overview
- Roxana Berenice Guzmán, director and reporter for Pulso Informativo del Sureste, was forcibly taken from her home in Nanchital on June 2 in an abduction that was recorded and widely shared online.
- Veracruz and federal authorities have declared the case a priority and are conducting coordinated searches in Nanchital, Moloacán and Cuichapa using video forensics to trace a vehicle and likely routes.
- Officials report progress in analysing recordings but have not announced arrests or disclosed Guzmán’s whereabouts, and investigators say the immediate goal is to locate her alive.
- Guzmán’s parents traveled to Coatzacoalcos and met briefly with President Claudia Sheinbaum to demand intensified action and public assurances that the search will be reinforced.
- Press freedom and human rights groups including Artículo 19 and Amnesty International have urged full resource deployment, clearer updates to the family, and application of investigative protocols given Mexico’s high risks for journalists.