Mexican Senator Threatens Journalist Who Exposed Cartel-Connected Colleague
— NWRain-Judi (@RYboating) September 11, 2026
Mexico is not a safe place to travel, IMO.
Anyone who tries to expose corruption, is putting their life at risk.
Many gov't officials are involved with the cartels, and don't think kindly of… pic.twitter.com/D5RVDzuytN
Mexican Senator Threatens Journalist Who Exposed Cartel-Connected Colleague
Mexico is not a safe place to travel, IMO.
Anyone who tries to expose corruption, is putting their life at risk.
Many gov't officials are involved with the cartels, and don't think kindly of journalists who report on their connections.
Be careful when traveling there!
From the article:
A federal senator from Mexico’s ruling party MORENA has come under political fire after directly threatening a journalist who exposed the cartel connections and an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice into a fellow senator from the same party. The outed senator is currently running for governor of the border state of Baja California.
The controversy began this week, when news anchor Enrique Acevedo from the TV network NMas+ aired a special report showing that Mexican Senator Julieta Ramirez had signed a proffer agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice as part of an investigation into cartel-connected politicians. Ramirez had previously been singled out as one of the numerous politicians from the MORENA party who had their visas revoked by the U.S. Department of State over alleged cartel connections.
The political conflict escalated when MORENA Senator Luis Fernando Salazar took to social media to defend his colleague and threaten Acevedo. In the now-deleted tweet, Salazar implied that Acevedo had been bribed or received a “chayote” and added “vamos a ir tras de ti” (We are coming for you).
In response to the backlash, Salazar deleted his tweet and posted several messages apologizing for the post, saying he believes in freedom of expression.
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