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San Miguel PEN presents... Andrew Paxman
Who’s Really Murdering Mexican Journalists?
All over Mexico, journalists are murdered with impunity—10 in the year between the Dias des Muertos of 2024 and 2025, including two in Guanajuato. Who is responsible? Andrew Paxman, author most recently of Mexican Watchdogs: The Rise of a Critical Press since the 1980s, has a good idea—and it’s not the cartels or the federal government. Come hear Andrew discuss the role of state governors, who control state police and judiciary and who have been abusing the power of their offices and setting the tone of impunity in their regions since the turn of the 20th century.
About the Venue
San Miguel PEN Presents Winter Series will take place at JC3, Jewish Cultural & Community Center, located in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato—the perfect place for conversations of such profound importance.
About the Speaker
Andrew Paxman’s most recent book is Mexican Watchdogs: The Rise of a Critical Press since the 1980s (2025); previous books include the anthology Los gobernadores: Caciques del passado y del presente (2018), Jenkins of Mexico: How a Southern Farm Boy Became a Mexican Magnate (2017), and, as co-author, El Tigre (2000), a biography of media mogul and Televisa owner Emilio Azcárraga Milmo. He is research professor of history and journalism at Mexico’s Center for Research and Teaching in Economics (CIDE), and is currently working on a biography of former Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
Why Attend?
Come find out who’s really behind the murders of Mexican journalists—and the culture of impunity that protects the murderers!
Date & Time
Tue, January 20, 2026 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Venue Details
JC3 - Jewish Cultural & Community Center
Calle de las Moras 47 (at Calle Cinco de Mayo)
San Miguel de Allende CP 37760
Guanajuato, Mexico
Date & Time
Tue, Jan 20, 2026 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Venue Details
JC3 - Jewish Cultural & Community Center
San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato 37760