The bittersweet path of fixers

The story of Mexican fixers goes hand in hand with violence, job insecurity and the need to tell the outside world what is happening in a country where the dead and missing are piling up.

Female fixers explaining the northern border

Along the Rio Grande, organized crime mixes migration with drug trafficking and assignments become very risky.

Fixers in the deadliest state for journalists

At least 33 journalists have been murdered in Veracruz between 2000 and 2023, according to the press freedom organization Article 19.

In the cradle of the cartel: fixers en Sinaloa

“We always tell ourselves that no coverage is worth more than our life. But, sometimes, the attack comes without having imagined it,” Jesús Bustamante, journalist in Culiacán.

Ayotzinapa, the eyes of the world in Guerrero

The disappearance of 43 students drew international attention, and local journalists helped understand and expose a state dotted with clandestine graves containing the remains of thousands of missing people.