Letter from Mexico City

"Remember these words, 'Televisa Leaks.'" "Today," Aristegui Noticias "reveals a massive leak of documents from Televisa, the largest media conglomerate in Latin America. It shows how this channel attacks its opponents and assists its allies." On April 27, Carmen Aristegui, the most listened-to voice in Mexico, opened her two-hour radio program with this scoop. She is also one of the country's most respected journalists, someone whom those in power have repeatedly tried to silence, but who has never let go of the microphone. On that day, "Aristegui Noticias" revealed that once again, Carmen Aristegui had been the victim of manipulation – this time by Televisa, Mexico's leading private television channel.

The leak, totaling five terabytes of data – twice the size of the Panama Papers – came from a former employee of the channel's so-called "war room," known as Palomar. German Gomez provided a wealth of information, from the team's chat logs to details of "media warfare operations" carried out between 2018 and 2024.

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