Andrew Paxman, author of 2025 book, Mexican Watchdogs: The Rise of a Critical Press since the 1980s  presents:

Who’s Really Murdering Mexican Journalists? 

Answer: It’s not the cartels or the federal government who are chiefly behind the culture of murder-with-impunity.

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 sepng the tone of impunity in their regions since the turn of the 20th century.

San Miguel PEN is a chapter of PEN International, the organizaYon of writers that defends freedom of expression around the world. Our winter lecture series, San Miguel PEN Presents, raises funds for our ongoing work, including support for journalists under threat of death as well as local literacy projects. For more information, visit sanmiguelpen.com.

Ticket price: 350 pesos

Tickets will be available soon: online at sanmiguelpen.com at the Aurora bookstore shortly before the event, and at the door