Yohali RESÉNDIZ

On 28 November 2024, the journalist and writer Yohali Reséndiz received a death threat, including a video showing a dead body. Hours later, in a phone call from an unknown number, an individual threatened to rape and kill her unless she stopped her investigations. According to ARTICLE 19, Reséndiz has received similar threats in the past. 

According to Reséndiz' social media posts, these attacks occurred after she published reports exposing corruption in the government of Morelos state, as well as other government departments such as the State Coordination of Mobility and Transport.  

Yohali Reséndiz is a reporter and author of the books Violar desde el poder (Rape from the seat of power, Aguilar 2022), Los hijos de la cárcel (The children of prison, Aguilar, 2018 and 19S: El día que cimbró México (9/19/2017: The day that shook Mexico, Aguilar, 2014). She also co-authored ¿Por qué los mataron? El acceso a la información. Casos de periodistas que fueron víctimas en el ejercicio de su profesión. (Why were they killed? Access to information. Cases of journalists who were victims in the exercise of their profession, INAI, 2025) and has received numerous awards for her investigative journalism.