( CNN ) Mexican radio station MVS fired prominent journalist Carmen Aristegui on Sunday , after more than six years of collaboration , according to a statement published on its website . Aristegui also hosts a nightly television talk show on CNN en Espanol . The termination of Aristegui 's employment at MVS comes after the radio station fired her colleagues Daniel Lizarraga and Irving Huerta . The same team of journalists who exposed possible conflict-of-interest real-estate deals involving Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto and his wife , unleashing a scandal that the government has yet to put to rest . Aristegui told journalists Monday that her entire team was fired . `` Our lawyers say that we are going to fight this . Our lawyers say that this is an outrage against freedom of expression . '' `` This team of journalists is ready to fight for their freedom of expression , '' she said . On Thursday , MVS radio stated that it had fired Daniel Lizarraga and Irving Huerta for `` compromising resources and brands of the company without authorization . '' Daniel Lizarraga was featured in the introduction video of MexicoLeaks , which launched last week . The online platform encourages citizens to anonymously send documents of public interest . MexicoLeaks is formed by a group of organizations including Mexican media outlets and societal groups , to `` serve as a tool to send information of public interest ... through secure technology which will guarantee the anonymity of the source , '' according to its website . The objective is to `` build justice and democracy in society . '' The information received through MexicoLeaks will be verified , analyzed and published by the collaborating organizations . Aristegui 's team of journalists is listed on the website as one of the participating groups . MexicoLeaks tweeted over the weekend , `` Freedom of expression is a right . We are looking for information that proves crimes , human rights violations , corruption . '' The launch of MexicoLeaks comes months after massive protests against Mexican authorities regarding the disappearance of 43 students in southern Mexico last September . Authorities later arrested Iguala Mayor Jose Luis Abarca , calling him the `` probable mastermind '' in the mass abduction .
MVS fired prominent journalist Carmen Aristegui on Sunday . he also hosted a nightly television talk show on CNN en Espanol . Others on the show also fired . Team investigated possible conflict - of - interest real - estate deals involving Mexican President .