; Whereas assaults on press freedom in El Salvador imperil its fragile democracy, which include verbal attacks on journalists by political leaders and the use of state power to intimidate and pressure independent media, such as— (1) the spyware attacks by the Salvadoran Government against journalists of the media outlet El Faro, who were subject to 226 illegal wire tappings between June 2020 and November 2021, and where many of these attacks occurred when the journalists were communicating with confidential sources and reporting on abuses by the Salvadoran Government, and which intensified around El Faro’s publication of major stories; (2) the ongoing criminal investigation against that same outlet, which investigation was launched after El Faro reported damaging information about the Salvadoran Government, and the relentless harassment by Salvadoran law enforcement toward El Faro journalists, which led the media outlet to relocate most of its operations to Costa Rica following harassment by Salvadoran police; (3) the online attacks and threats to journalists from the outlet Revista Factum, which has been banned from press conferences at the Presidential residence; and (4) the adoption of a new law that imposes prison sentences ranging from 10 to 15 years for certain reporting on criminal groups, such as gangs; Whereas Mexico continues to be one of the world’s deadliest countries for journalists, where 25 journalists are currently counted as missing, according to Mexico’s National Human Rights Commission, and where CPJ has recorded 88 killings of journalists and media workers since 2012, of which 37 were murdered in response to their reportage, and where reporters covering stories concerning political corruption and organized crime are frequently assaulted and murdered