Edelmira Jaqueline Cervera Sánchez, judge of the Second Control Court of the First Judicial District in Campeche, declared an appeal for revocation filed by the digital newspaper Tribuna inadmissible and ordered them to submit the information of the outlet’s community manager within 48 hours to appoint a judicial censor to review its publications to avoid references to Governor Layda Sansores.
“This measure seeks to manipulate information related to Layda Sansores’ Fourth Report, which is scheduled for this Friday,” said the outlet’s director, Jorge González.
On its website, the outlet indicated that the precautionary measure was justified by the argument that Tribuna Campeche will verify the content posted on social media to review whether there are any publications related to Sansores San Román.
“In the event of noncompliance with the court order, a fine of 5,657 pesos will be imposed on the Editorial Organization of the Southeast, publisher of Tribuna Campeche,” the outlet stated.
Tribuna Campeche stated that the resolution seeks to inhibit any publication or criticism that exposes the shortcomings of Layda Sansores’ administration.
Advocates point to excessive measures
Article 19 and human rights defenders considered the measures excessive and contrary to freedom of expression. Both the media outlet and the journalist are currently being prosecuted for the alleged crime of inciting hatred against Sansores, for publications made between 2021 and 2025.
Leopoldo Maldonado, director of Article 19, an organization that defends freedom of expression, stated that regardless of the cause, criminally punishing these acts is excessive and puts freedom of expression at risk not only in the state but throughout the country.
“It has no basis, it’s a legal aberration, it’s a direct attack on the Constitution by this judge. And obviously, that must be immediately reversed by the federal courts if she resorts to an amparo trial,” he anticipated.
Separately, UNAM academic Raúl Trejo Delarbre considered the announced measures an abuse against the journalist and the media outlet.
“Now a judge in Campeche, to satisfy Governor Layda Sansores, has established a prior censorship mechanism! to determine what the newspaper Tribuna and journalist Jorge Luis González can publish. Prior censorship is expressly prohibited in Article 7 of our Constitution,” he wrote on his X account.
Tribune will stop publishing Sansores’ content
The newspaper Tribuna announced that, in light of the decision, it will stop publishing content while these measures remain in effect. “The most outrageous thing is that the judge stated that freedom of expression is not being impeded, but we must ensure that Governor Sansores’s dignity is not harmed,” he mentioned.
Regarding the case, Juan Pedro Alcudia, legal advisor to the State Government, stated on Governor Sansores’s program Martes del Jaguar that he defended that the measures do not impede the exercise of freedom of expression.
“What is being imposed as a precautionary measure today is literally this protection and prior control that a company must have. And to achieve this, well, they will have to go to the Precautionary Measures Unit or the Court’s human rights department to verify and control that they do not exceed this freedom of expression and the exercise of journalism. Today they can truly exercise their journalism and their right to freedom of expression,” he maintained.
Source: es-us.noticias.yahoo
