 Born in a small town in the state of Veracruz , Martínez Pérez left her hometown to study journalism at Universidad <unk> . After graduating from university , she went to work at a state @-@ owned television company in Chiapas in the early 1980s , but she encountered various forms of censorship that convinced her to pursue a career in print media . After five years in Chiapas , Martínez Pérez relocated to Veracruz and worked for several local newspapers . In Veracruz , Martínez Pérez faced several challenges of censorship by the political establishment for her direct reporting , and particularly for being an outspoken critic of human rights violations , government corruption , abuse of authority , and for her in @-@ depth coverage of the drug trafficking organizations that operate in Veracruz . 
