Mexicoisoneoftheworld’smostdangerouscountriesforjournalistsButcourageousreporterscontinuetodotheirworkregardless;withoutthepresstherewouldbenoonerevealingtheextenttowhichcrimeandpoliticsareintermingledThejudicialsystemhidesbehindclaimsofinsufficientevidencetoprosecutecrimes,whilejournalistsaretheoneswhoprovidesuchevidence　　InStateofSilencefourjournalistsdiscusstheirworkOneoftheminvestigatesillegalloggingandenvironmentalpollution,whileanotherwritesaboutpoliceviolenceagainstmigrantsattemptingtocrosstheborderTherisksaregreat,andthreatsarecommonplaceAlmost200reportershavedisappearedorbeenmurderedsince2000　　AlawwaspassedunderPresidentLópezObradorenablingjournalistsandhumanrightsactiviststoseekrefugeintheUS—butdoesn’tleavingeverythingthatyoulovebehindyou,meanthecriminalshavewonSomeofthejournalistsreturntoMexicobecausetheirworkistooimportantWhenajournalistismurdered,saysoneofthem,society’srighttobeinformeddies,too