Lydia Cacho, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Lydia Cacho

Mexican journalist

Date of Birth: 12-Apr-1963

Place of Birth: Mexico City, Mexico

Profession: writer, human rights activist, journalist

Nationality: Mexico

Zodiac Sign: Aries

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Lydia María Cacho Ribeiro (born 12 April 1963) is a Mexican leftist journalist, feminist, and human rights activist.
Described by Amnesty International as "perhaps Mexico's most famous investigative journalist and women's rights advocate", Cacho's reporting focuses on violence against and sexual abuse of women and children.Her book Los Demonios del Edén (in English: The Demons of Eden) (2004) created a nationwide scandal by alleging that several prominent businessmen had conspired to protect a pedophilia ring.
In 2006, a tape emerged of a conversation between businessman Kamel Nacif Borge and Mario Plutarco Marín Torres, governor of Puebla, in which they conspired to have Cacho beaten and raped for her reporting.Cacho is the winner of numerous international awards for her journalism, including the Civil Courage Prize, the Wallenberg Medal, and the Olof Palme Prize.
In 2010, she was named a World Press Freedom Hero of the International Press Institute.