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Oaxaca journalist Ernesto Rojas reports rising threats, blames state official Jesús Romero

Ernesto Rojas, an Oaxaca journalist, filed a complaint alleging increased threats and naming Sego official Jesús Romero.

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Journalist Ernesto Rojas filed a complaint with the Oaxaca State Human Rights Ombudsman (DDHPO) alleging that threats and harassment against him increased in recent weeks and identifying Jesús Romero López, head of the Oaxaca State Government Secretariat (Sego), as responsible. [1] Raymundo Alfonso Flores Ita, an LGBTIQ+ activist and person living with HIV in Oaxaca, publicly denounced Elizabeth Lara Rodríguez, the head of the Oaxaca Human Rights Ombudsperson's Office (DDHPO), for alleged negligence regarding his safety. [2] In the complaint, Oaxaca's State Government Secretariat (Sego) requested prosecutor Bernardo Rodríguez, in a document dated August 20, to report whether journalist Ernesto Rojas had filed a criminal complaint against Governor Salomón Jara and Sego head Jesús Romero, and whether Rojas had requested protective measures. [3] Jesús Romero, head of Oaxaca's Sego, denied having given any instruction to fabricate crimes, detain, or persecute journalist Ernesto Rojas, and said the request to the prosecutor had an institutional and protective purpose: to determine whether complaints and protective measures existed so as to help safeguard Rojas's life and integrity. [4] Journalist Ernesto Rojas claimed he has information that Jesús Romero, head of Oaxaca's Sego, instructed officials under his command six months earlier to fabricate crimes against him to enable his detention, and that after that failed, Romero now seeks a different approach through the request to the prosecutor's office. [5] Flores Ita alleged that his life and physical integrity are in danger after receiving death threats, and he criticized the DDHPO for a lack of attention and negligence. [6] Flores Ita demanded immediate access to truth, justice, integral reparation, guarantees against repetition, and an immediate cessation of discriminatory acts. [7] Flores Ita reported that from July 29 to August 5, 2026, it took seven days for officials to acknowledge his petition, but they refused to grant protective measures until he was physically assaulted or nearly died. [8]
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  1. Journalist Ernesto Rojas filed a complaint with the Oaxaca State Human Rights Ombudsman (DDHPO) alleging that threats and harassment against him increased in recent weeks and identifying Jesús Romero López, head of the Oaxaca State Government Secretariat (Sego), as responsible. · El Universal
  2. Raymundo Alfonso Flores Ita, an LGBTIQ+ activist and person living with HIV in Oaxaca, publicly denounced Elizabeth Lara Rodríguez, the head of the Oaxaca Human Rights Ombudsperson's Office (DDHPO), for alleged negligence regarding his safety. · Grupo Noticias Voz e Imagen
  3. In the complaint, Oaxaca's State Government Secretariat (Sego) requested prosecutor Bernardo Rodríguez, in a document dated August 20, to report whether journalist Ernesto Rojas had filed a criminal complaint against Governor Salomón Jara and Sego head Jesús Romero, and whether Rojas had requested protective measures. · El Universal
  4. Jesús Romero, head of Oaxaca's Sego, denied having given any instruction to fabricate crimes, detain, or persecute journalist Ernesto Rojas, and said the request to the prosecutor had an institutional and protective purpose: to determine whether complaints and protective measures existed so as to help safeguard Rojas's life and integrity. · El Universal
  5. Journalist Ernesto Rojas claimed he has information that Jesús Romero, head of Oaxaca's Sego, instructed officials under his command six months earlier to fabricate crimes against him to enable his detention, and that after that failed, Romero now seeks a different approach through the request to the prosecutor's office. · El Universal
  6. Flores Ita alleged that his life and physical integrity are in danger after receiving death threats, and he criticized the DDHPO for a lack of attention and negligence. · Grupo Noticias Voz e Imagen
  7. Flores Ita demanded immediate access to truth, justice, integral reparation, guarantees against repetition, and an immediate cessation of discriminatory acts. · Grupo Noticias Voz e Imagen
  8. Flores Ita reported that from July 29 to August 5, 2026, it took seven days for officials to acknowledge his petition, but they refused to grant protective measures until he was physically assaulted or nearly died. · Grupo Noticias Voz e Imagen
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