One of Mexico’s leading investigative reporters has been fired from her popular radio show in a case that has ignited protests over freedom of the press. Carmen Aristegui recently exposed how Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto and his wife possess a $7 million mansion built for them by a contractor who received lucrative government deals. Last week, the broadcaster MVS fired two reporters on her team, accusing them of using the MVS name without permission in the launch of a new whistleblowing website called Méxicoleaks. After Aristegui defended the reporters on her broadcast and demanded their reinstatement, she was fired. Speaking to reporters, she vowed to fight back.

Carmen Aristegui: “We’ve spoken with our lawyers, and our lawyers tell us that they have no right to do what they are doing. Our lawyers tell us that we are going to fight. Our lawyers tell us that this is an affront to freedom of expression and that there are a set of irregularities and absolutely condemnable situations.”