The photographer of EL UNIVERSAL, Berenice Fregoso accused that Andrés Manuel López Obrador used in his morning conference the video of the attack in which she was injured in the March 8, 2020, to justify the installation of metal fences around the National Palace and that to date, justice has not been served in his case.
In the morning conference this Monday, López Obrador asked to transmit the video in which it is observed that protesters throw Molotov cocktails and the fire reaches the photographer Berenice Fregoso.
“Look if we don’t put up the fence, what happens,” said the President at the time the Molotov cocktails are thrown, it explodes and burns the journalists.
“If we don’t put up the fence then we have to put grenadiers, women and men face to face, it is exposing the lives of those who are demonstrating and of public servants, it is preventing, there is no limitation to demonstrating, we are not going to repress the people” , he assured.
“A year later I am still waiting for justice”
“They have never done anything, it is very rare that the authorities do not arrest anyone, it is one of the points with the most cameras.
“A year later I am still waiting for justice. It is very unfortunate that the president uses the image as an excuse for billboards. We don’t want fences, we want justice ”, Fregoso added in an interview for EL UNIVERSAL.
In social networks, the photojournalist also pointed out that the other side of the impunity, since neither the capital prosecutor’s office or any other authority have provided information on what happened that March 8, 2020.
“In a place where what is left over are cameras, they have not given follow-up or answers @Claudiashein why the president uses my attack but to date they do not say who perpetrated it?”, Wrote the photograph.
President @lopezobrador_ he’s using a video featuring my image to justify his #value, but it does not say the other side of impunity. As of today the @FiscaliaCDMX or the @GobCDMX They have not given me or the company where I work information about it # 8M What happened ?? pic.twitter.com/iK5tdu8NSN
– Berush (@fotoaccionuni) March 8, 2021
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Molotov cocktails fire hit photojournalist
During the march on March 8, 2020, Women’s Day, acts of vandalism and there were even Molotov cocktails in the National Palace, one of them injured the photographer of this publishing house, Berenice Fregoso.
In a video, held by THE UNIVERSAL It is observed when a person throws a bomb against the policemen who were guarding the Marian gate of the National Palace, and the explosive explodes in front of photographers.
ERUM elements gave first aid to Berenice Fregoso, who was later transferred to a hospital with second degree burns.
That march gathered more than 80 thousand people in Mexico City, with the main demand for justice for femicides, such as those of Fatima, Ingrid and Abril.
I see that they do not understand, I AM THE ONE WHO BURNED !! @GobCDMX @lopezobrador_ @FiscaliaCDMX in a place where what is left over are cameras, they have not given follow-up or answers @Claudiashein Why does the president use my attack but to date they do not say who perpetrated it? # 8M pic.twitter.com/tIYljhju3F
– Berush (@fotoaccionuni) March 8, 2021
#Video EL UNIVERSAL photographer burned with Molotov cock in march # Marcha8M #International Women’s Day pic.twitter.com/c2lFRHwDhi
– El Universal (@El_Universal_Mx) March 9, 2020
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