'As much as they try, I will not stop investigating,' said renowned journalist Lydia Cacho Ribeiro.
Cacho told CPJ that she was speaking with local authorities about the break-in, while Ricardo Sánchez Pérez del Pozo, head of the office of the Federal Special Prosecutor for Attention to Crimes Committed Against Freedom of Expression, confirmed to the organization that an investigation had been opened.
"We rejected threats against Lydia Cacho," he said."Freedom of expression and information are sacred rights and we work to guarantee them, protecting journalists and fighting impunity."Rechazamos las amenazas contra Lydia Cacho. La libertad de expresión y de información son derechos sagrados y trabajamos para garantizarlos, protegiendo a periodistas y luchando contra la impunidad.
"The blatant and outrageous attack on the home of Lydia Cacho underscores the Mexican state's continuing inability to protect even its most celebrated reporters," said Jan-Albert Hootsen, CPJ's Mexico representative."Time is running out for the government of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to provide the country's journalists with a comprehensive plan to protect them and combat impunity in crimes against the press.
In a statement posted to Twitter, Cacho vowed not to be deterred by the attack, saying that"as much as they try, I will not stop investigating." She wrote:"Fear will not colonize my spirit. I am a journalist, I am a feminist and defender of Human Rights.
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