Mexico: Legal Harassment Of Journalist Carmen Olsen Continues With A Defamation Case

Carmen Olsen, a journalist in Baja California State who investigates acts of corruption committed by the police chief of Rosarito, a town located just 25 km from the U.S. border was harassed by municipal police officers as she tried to take pictures of an unlawful arrest in January 2013. Policemen bruised Carmen severely as they tried to drag her out of her car. She managed to stay in the car, but then policemen had it towed away, and paraded through the center of the city, while she was still in it. Carmen Olsen was detained for three hours, illegally, as there were no charges to arrest her on.