Mexico: Fear for safety: Lydia Cacho Ribeiro (f)

Mexico: Fear for safety: Lydia Cacho Ribeiro (f)

Since 12 May 2009, an armed man has been photographing and keeping watch on Lydia Cacho Ribeiro’s home and car in Cancún, Quintana Roo state. Lydia Cacho is a well-known human rights activist and journalist who has suffered harassment, threats and arbitrary detention for her work exposing a child pornography and trafficking ring. She has also had several death threats sent to her blog.