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July 9, 2021

El Salvador Expels Mexican Journalist Daniel Lizárraga Amid Crackdown on Dissent
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El Salvador's government has expelled prominent Mexican journalist
Daniel Lizárraga after he led investigations into government corruption
at the Salvadoran online news source El Faro. In a video message
recorded at the airport just before his expulsion to Mexico, Lizárraga
promised El Faro would remain committed to independent journalism.

Daniel Lizárraga: "They will not silence us. It won't happen. We won't
stop publishing. We'll continue offering the best information possible,
to the best of our abilities, as rigorously as possible."

The Inter American Press Association and other press freedom groups have
condemned the government of President Nayib Bukele for clamping down on
dissent.


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