Patricia Mayorga
{{short description|Mexican journalist}}
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Patricia Mayorga Ordóñez is a Mexican journalist. She works for Proceso, a news magazine based in Mexico City. During her career, she has highlighted human rights violations of indigenous peoples including forced disappearances. As a result, Mayorga was awarded the CPJ International Press Freedom Award in 2017.
Career
Mayorga's journalism career in Mexico began in 2000 with a focus on health and education. This later developed into an interest in human rights issues, government corruption, and violence. She initially worked for El Heraldo, a daily in Ciudad Juárez, and El Diario.{{cite web | url=https://cpj.org/awards/2017/patricia-mayorga-mexico.php | title=Patricia Mayorga, Mexico International Press Freedom Awards | publisher=Committee to Protect Journalists | access-date=24 June 2019}}
Due to the focus of her journalism work with Miroslava Breach, Mayorga has received death threats and fled Chihuahua in 2017.{{cite web |author1=Tharanga Yakupitiyage |title="We Need to Be Strong" – Award Spotlights Courageous Journalists |url=http://www.ipsnews.net/2017/12/need-strong-award-spotlights-courageous-journalists/ |website=ipsnews.net |access-date=24 June 2019 |date=15 December 2017}} Mayorga was awarded the CPJ International Press Freedom Award that same year. She dedicated her acceptance speech to Breach and Javier Valdez Cárdenas, another journalist who was murdered.{{cite web |title=Lograr un México sin impunidad y sangre inocente, difícil pero no imposible: Patricia Mayorga |url=https://aristeguinoticias.com/1511/mexico/lograr-un-mexico-sin-impunidad-y-sangre-inocente-dificil-pero-no-imposible-patricia-mayorga/ |website=aristeguinoticias.com |access-date=24 June 2019 |language=es}}
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