Marcela Turati to receive EL MUNDO journalism award

Infobae México reports that Mexican journalist Marcela Turati will receive the Best Journalistic Work recognition at the XXIV International Journalism Awards presented by EL MUNDO in February 2027. The Spanish newspaper’s jury also selected Indian journalist Siddharth Varadarajan for its Press Freedom Award, citing both journalists’ reporting and their defense of professional freedom amid political, criminal and government pressure. Infobae México says the awards recognize journalistic excellence and civic and professional values.

According to the source account, Turati has documented victims of drug trafficking, investigated disappearances and examined how authorities responded to those crimes. The report says she spent 12 years reconstructing the 2010 San Fernando massacre in Tamaulipas, where at least 193 migrant men disappeared and were later found to have been killed and buried in mass graves. Those details are presented by the source and should not be read as an independent finding by the Wire.

The article quotes Joaquín Manso, EL MUNDO’s director and a member of the jury, as praising Turati’s work as committed journalism confronting injustice. It also says the Mexican government allegedly spied on Turati to learn about her sources and movements, a claim that remains attributed to the report. Turati is identified as a founder of Periodistas de a Pie and Quinto Elemento Lab, while the awards’ organizers describe her recognition as honoring her investigations and her work in defense of journalism.