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'''Blog del Narco''' is a [[blog]] that documents events and people of the [[Mexican Drug War]]. ''[[MSNBC]]'' said that Blog del Narco was "Mexico's go-to Web site on information on the country's drug war."<ref>"[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38707292/39779522 Mexican drug gang barricades Monterrey roads ]." ''[[MSNBC]]''. August 14, 2010. Retrieved on February 15, 2011.</ref> |
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'''''Blog del Narco''''' (''Narco's Blog'') is a [[citizen journalism]] [[blog]] that attempts to document the events of the [[Mexican drug war]], primarily those not reported by the [[Federal government of Mexico|government of]] [[Mexico]] or the Mexican [[news media]]. |
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The author spends four hours per day working on the website. To deal with the increased workload, he asked a friend to help him.<ref name="Daily">"[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1302780/Blog-del-Narco-Computer-student-voice-Mexican-drug-war.html The REAL City of God: Student risks his life documenting Mexico's drug war in gritty, blood-soaked blog]." ''[[The Daily Mail]]''. August 14, 2010. Retrieved on February 15, 2011.</ref> In Mexico many traditional journalistic outlets received harassment due to stories they publish, so anonymous blogs like Blog del Narco have taken the role of reporting on events related to the drug war.<ref name="Tuckman"/> The author, an anonymous computer security student in his 20s from northern Mexico,<ref name="Daily"/> uses computer security techniques to obscure his identity.<ref name="RodriguezHuff">Rodriguez, Olga R. "[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/12/blogger-beats-mexico-drug_n_680942.html Blogger Beats Mexico Drug War News Blackout]." ''[[Associated Press]]'' at the ''[[Huffington Post]]''. August 12, 2010. Retrieved on February 16, 2011.</ref> His anonymity had been maintained. When he conducted an interview with the [[Associated Press]], he used a disguised telephone number. Nate Freeman of ''[[The Observer]]'' said "his facelessness allowed him get away with stories that would endanger known journalists[...]"<ref name="FreembOb">Freeman, Nate. "[http://www.observer.com/2010/media/journalists-silenced-mysterious-blogger-reports-mexico%E2%80%99s-drug-violence With Journalists Silenced, Mysterious Blogger Reports on Mexico’s Drug Violence]." ''[[The Observer]]''. August 16, 2010. Retrieved on February 16, 2011.</ref> |
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An anonymous person created the website because the government was not reporting the violence and was trying to pretend that "nothing [was] happening", the media was "intimidated", and the "government had apparently been bought."<ref name="Ackerman">Ackerman, Spencer. "[https://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/09/mexicos-top-narco-blogger-comes-forward/ Mexico’s Top Narco-Blogger Comes Forward] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140218183823/http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/09/mexicos-top-narco-blogger-comes-forward |date=2014-02-18 }}." ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]''. September 14, 2010. Retrieved on February 15, 2011.</ref><ref name=boingboing>{{cite news|last=Gutierrez|first=Raul|title=Leaking secrets, leaking blood|url=http://www.boingboing.net/2010/09/14/narco.html|access-date=20 April 2012|newspaper=[[Boing Boing]]|date=September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120416202332/http://www.boingboing.net/2010/09/14/narco.html|archive-date=16 April 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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The author would initially spend four hours every day working on the website. To deal with the increased workload, he asked a friend, also anonymous, to help him. They decided to broadcast their content without alteration or modifications of convenience—and help Mexicans take all necessary precautions to protect their own well-being. They chose [[YouTube]] to upload videos to the web and comment as @mundonarco on [[Twitter]].<ref name=boingboing/> During the early days of Blog del Narco, the general population of Mexico submitted only a small number of reports to them, but as the website built trust with time, more reports were submitted. The creators and current editors of the blog "have not received any threats yet."<ref name=boingboing/> |
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The author began the website in March 2010 as a hobby.<ref name="Daily"/> The author said that he created the website because the [[Government of Mexico]] is not reporting on the event and is trying to pretend that "nothing is happening."<ref name="Ackerman">Ackerman, Spencer. "[http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/09/mexicos-top-narco-blogger-comes-forward/ Mexico’s Top Narco-Blogger Comes Forward]." ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]''. September 14, 2010. Retrieved on February 15, 2011.</ref> The ''[[Huffington Post]]'' stated that in a period of less than six months, Blog del Narco became "has become Mexico's go-to Internet site" for drug cartel events.<ref name="RodriguezHuff"/> |
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Blogger Beats Mexico Drug War News Blackout ]."</ref> |
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In 2011, a video posted on the blog outlined a [[prison warden]]'s system of letting prisoners free at night so they could commit murders for drug cartels. As a result of the video, the prison warden was arrested.<ref>Merkelson, Suzanne. "[http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/08/13/blog_del_narco_gets_the_drug_war_scoop Blog del Narco gets the drug war scoop] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111117222915/http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/08/13/blog_del_narco_gets_the_drug_war_scoop |date=2011-11-17 }}." ''[[Foreign Policy (magazine)|Foreign Policy]]''. Friday August 13, 2010. Retrieved on February 16, 2011.</ref> |
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According to the author, the blog posts all cartel-related media, regardless of the cartel affiliation or content.<ref name="Daily"/> Some of the videos posted on the website show incidents of murder and torture.<ref name="Mistaken">"[http://www.sify.com/news/man-mistaken-for-drug-cartel-boss-to-sue-government-news-international-lbylkfhdghc.html Man mistaken for drug cartel boss to sue government]." ''[[Sify News]]''. January 24, 2011. Retrieved on February 15, 2011.</ref> Spencer Ackerman of ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]'' said "Even if you don’t read [[Spanish language|Spanish]] (like me), the images on Blog Del Narco tell the gruesome story. Old, wealthy men held hostage and humiliated. Paramilitary cops in ski masks taking dudes into custody. People walking the streets in body armor, automatic weapons out. Then there’s all the dead bodies and shot-up cars."<ref name="Ackerman"/> Jo Tuckman of ''[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]'' said that the website's contents are catalog "a catalogue of horror absent even from the national press, which still covers the violence from the relative safety of its headquarters in the capital."<ref name="Tuckman">Tuckman, Jo. "[http://archives.dawn.com/archives/5765 Mexico’s drug war — told in tweets and whispers]." ''[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]''. Tuesday September 28, 2010. Retrieved on February 15, 2010.</ref> Duncan Robinson of the ''[[New Statesman]]'' said "To say that the blog's coverage is raw is an understatement. It is visceral and undigested. This is news unprocessed, unadulterated and uncensored. Where a news editor would cut away, Blog del Narco's footage lingers. Decapitations are not described, they are pictured. It's unapologetically violent. The blog's ''[[raison d'être]]'' is simple: to reflect what is happening."<ref>Robinson, Duncan. "[http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2010/09/mexico-war-news-happening-drug Blog del Narco: madness, mutilation and murder in Mexico]." ''[[The New Statesman]]''. September 21, 2010. Retrieved on February 15, 2011.</ref> ''[[The Daily Mail]]'' stated "some of the horror it displays makes the 2002 film [[City of God]]{{sic}}<!--No italics!-->, charting the drug war on the streets of Brazil's [[Rio de Janeiro]], look like a [[Disney film]]."<ref name="Daily"/> |
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In May 2013, it was revealed that one of the authors of the blog was a woman in her early 20s who goes by the pseudonym "Lucy." In early May, Lucy fled Mexico for the [[United States]] ([[Texas]]), then [[Spain]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Carroll|first=Rory|title=Blog del Narco: author who chronicled Mexico's drugs war forced to flee|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/may/16/blog-del-narco-mexico-drug-war|access-date=7 June 2013|newspaper=The Guardian|date=16 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130810101805/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/may/16/blog-del-narco-mexico-drug-war|archive-date=10 August 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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==Editorial== |
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Some of the videos posted on the website show incidents of murder and torture.<ref name="Mistaken">"[http://www.sify.com/news/man-mistaken-for-drug-cartel-boss-to-sue-government-news-international-lbylkfhdghc.html Man mistaken for drug cartel boss to sue government] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019110751/http://www.sify.com/news/man-mistaken-for-drug-cartel-boss-to-sue-government-news-international-lbylkfhdghc.html|date=2012-10-19}}." ''[[Sify News]]''. January 24, 2011. Retrieved on February 15, 2011.</ref> |
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In Mexico, many traditional journalistic outlets have been threatened and harassed due to stories about the drug trafficking industry they dared publish, so [[anonymous blogs]] like Blog del Narco have taken the role of reporting on events related to the drug war.<ref name="Tuckman"/> The author uses computer security techniques to obscure his identity.<ref name="RodriguezHuff">Rodriguez, Olga R. "[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/12/blogger-beats-mexico-drug_n_680942.html Blogger Beats Mexico Drug War News Blackout] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100818215222/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/12/blogger-beats-mexico-drug_n_680942.html |date=2010-08-18 }}." ''[[Associated Press]]'' at the ''[[Huffington Post]]''. August 12, 2010. Retrieved on February 16, 2011.</ref> His anonymity has been maintained. When he conducted an interview with the [[Associated Press]], he used a disguised telephone number. The author of the blog said that he is doing a service by publishing sensitive details about the Mexican Drug War that journalist organizations in Mexico are hesitant to publish for fear of retaliation. The blogger said, "for the scanty details that they (mass media) put on television, they get grenades thrown at them and their reporters kidnapped. We publish everything. Imagine what they could do to us." |
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As of September 2010, the blog had three million unique monthly views.<ref name="Ackerman"/> By 2011, it became one of the most visited websites in Mexico.<ref name="Mistaken"/> Members of police and drug cartel groups directly read the blog.<ref name="FreembOb"/> |
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The ''[[Daily Mail]]'' said "Blog del Narco has become an internet sensation." By August 2010 hundreds of posts occured each day.<ref name="Daily"/> As of August 2010 the blog had over 7,300 followers on [[Facebook]] and [[Twitter]]. Among the followers were Mexican media organizations, the [[Secretariat of National Defense]], [[CNN]], and the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI) of the United States.<ref name="Daily"/> As of September 2010 the blog had three million unique monthly views.<ref name="Ackerman"/> By 2011 it became one of the most visited websites in Mexico.<ref name="Mistaken"/> Members of police and drug cartel groups actively read the blog.<ref name="FreembOb"/> |
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''[[MSNBC]]'' described Blog del Narco as "Mexico's go-to Web site on information on the country's drug war."<ref>"[https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna38707292 Mexican drug gang barricades Monterrey roads ]." ''[[NBC News]]''. August 14, 2010. Retrieved on February 15, 2011.</ref> Additionally, ''[[The Houston Chronicle]]'' said that Blog del Narco is "a gritty, front-row seat to Mexico's drug war."<ref>{{cite news|last=Schiller|first=Dane|title=El Blog del Narco – a gritty, front-row seat to Mexico's drug war|url=http://blog.chron.com/narcoconfidential/2012/04/el-blog-del-narco-a-gritty-front-row-seat-to-mexicos-drug-war-from-your-laptop-desktop-or-phone/|date=April 19, 2012|access-date=April 20, 2012|newspaper=[[The Houston Chronicle]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422173908/http://blog.chron.com/narcoconfidential/2012/04/el-blog-del-narco-a-gritty-front-row-seat-to-mexicos-drug-war-from-your-laptop-desktop-or-phone/|archive-date=April 22, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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The author of the blog said that he is doing a service by publishing sensitive details about the Mexican Drug War that journalist organizations in Mexico are hesitant to publish, for fear of retaliation. The blogger said "For the scanty details that they (mass media) put on television, they get grenades thrown at them and their reporters kidnapped. We publish everything. Imagine what they could do to us." Carlos Lauria of the [[Committee to Protect Journalists]] criticized the website, saying that it was "produced by someone who is not doing it from a journalistic perspective. He is doing it without ethical considerations." Many critics said that the blog provides free [[public relations]] for the cartel groups.<ref name="Daily"/> |
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''[[The Guardian]]'' and ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' noted that Blog del Narco is a response to Mexico's "narco-censorship", a term used when reporters and editors of the [[Mexican Drug War]], out of fear or caution, are forced to either write what the drug lords demand, or remain silent by not writing anything at all.<ref>{{cite news|last=Greenslade|first=Roy|title=Narco-censorship - how drug traffickers silence the Mexican media|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2010/aug/17/press-freedom-mexico|access-date=20 April 2012|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=17 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222114941/http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2010/aug/17/press-freedom-mexico|archive-date=22 December 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> If they do not comply with what the drug cartels demand, the journalists may be kidnapped, intimidated, or even killed.<ref>{{cite news|last=Wilkinson|first=Tracy|title=Under threat from Mexican drug cartels, reporters go silent|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-aug-16-la-fg-mexico-narco-censorship-20100816-story.html|access-date=20 April 2012|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=16 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150621071333/http://articles.latimes.com/2010/aug/16/world/la-fg-mexico-narco-censorship-20100816|archive-date=21 June 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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[[Spencer Ackerman]] of ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]'' said, "even if you don't read [[Spanish language|Spanish]] (like me), the images on Blog Del Narco tell the gruesome story. Old, wealthy men held hostage and humiliated. Paramilitary cops in ski masks taking dudes into custody. People walking the streets in body armor, automatic weapons out. Then there's all the dead bodies and shot-up cars."<ref name="Ackerman"/> |
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Jo Tuckman of ''[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]'' said that the website's contents are "a catalogue of horror absent even from the national press, which still covers the violence from the relative safety of its headquarters in [[Mexico City|the capital]]."<ref name="Tuckman">Tuckman, Jo. "[http://archives.dawn.com/archives/5765 Mexico’s drug war — told in tweets and whispers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328121630/http://archives.dawn.com/archives/5765 |date=2012-03-28 }}." ''[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]''. Tuesday September 28, 2010. Retrieved on February 15, 2010.</ref> |
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Duncan Robinson of the ''[[New Statesman]]'' said "To say that the blog's coverage is raw is an understatement. It is visceral and undigested. This is news unprocessed, unadulterated and uncensored. Where a news editor would cut away, Blog del Narco's footage lingers. Decapitations are not described, they are pictured. It's unapologetically violent. The blog's ''[[wikt:raison d'être|raison d'être]]'' is simple: to reflect what is happening."<ref>Robinson, Duncan. "[http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2010/09/mexico-war-news-happening-drug Blog del Narco: madness, mutilation and murder in Mexico] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100926111837/http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2010/09/mexico-war-news-happening-drug |date=2010-09-26 }}." ''[[New Statesman]]''. September 21, 2010. Retrieved on February 15, 2011.</ref> |
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Nate Freeman of ''[[The Observer]]'' said "his facelessness allowed him get away with stories that would endanger known journalists[...]"<ref name="FreembOb">Freeman, Nate. "[http://www.observer.com/2010/media/journalists-silenced-mysterious-blogger-reports-mexico%E2%80%99s-drug-violence With Journalists Silenced, Mysterious Blogger Reports on Mexico’s Drug Violence] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110123163752/http://www.observer.com/2010/media/journalists-silenced-mysterious-blogger-reports-mexico%E2%80%99s-drug-violence |date=January 23, 2011 }}." ''[[The Observer]]''. August 16, 2010. Retrieved on February 16, 2011.</ref> |
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* [http://www.elblogdelnarco.com/ www.elblogdelnarco.com], the official and original blog from 2008 {{in lang|es}} |
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* Gomez, Robert. "[http://viscrit.cca.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/gomez.pdf A New Visual Regime: Narco Warfare through Social Media]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140413144938/http://viscrit.cca.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/gomez.pdf Archive]). ''[[Sightlines (journal)|Sightlines]]''. 2012. Posted at: [[California College of the Arts]] |
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* [http://www.blogdelnarco.com/ Blog del Narco] {{es icon}} |
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* "[http://www.boingboing.net/2010/09/14/narco.html Leaking secrets, leaking blood]." [[Boing Boing]] interview with the author of Blog del Narco <!--Referred to in the Wired article--> |
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* Burnett, Thane. "[http://www.torontosun.com/news/columnists/thane_burnett/2010/09/01/15214191.html Mexico's drug war goes online]." ''[[Toronto Sun]]''. September 2, 2010. |
* Burnett, Thane. "[http://www.torontosun.com/news/columnists/thane_burnett/2010/09/01/15214191.html Mexico's drug war goes online]." ''[[Toronto Sun]]''. September 2, 2010. |
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* "[https://web.archive.org/web/20110823200120/http://org-observers.france24.com/content/20101230-mexico-blog-del-narco-reveals-drug-war-violence?page=11 Blogger tells the real story of the war on drugs]." ''[[France 24]]''. 12 March 2010. |
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* "[http://www.tribunacampeche.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=37997:la-cuadratura-del-circulo-operativos-en-el-noroeste&catid=29:editorial&Itemid=50 La cuadratura del círculo Operativos en el Noroeste]." ''[[Tribuna Campeche]]''. Thursday February 3, 2011. {{ |
* "[http://www.tribunacampeche.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=37997:la-cuadratura-del-circulo-operativos-en-el-noroeste&catid=29:editorial&Itemid=50 La cuadratura del círculo Operativos en el Noroeste]." ''[[Tribuna Campeche]]''. Thursday February 3, 2011. {{in lang|es}} |
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Latest revision as of 03:24, 22 August 2024
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| Type | Blog, Online newspaper, Internet forum[1] |
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| Founder(s) | Anonymous[1] |
| Founded | 2 March 2010[1] |
| Language | Spanish |
| Website | www.elblogdelnarco.com |
Blog del Narco (Narco's Blog) is a citizen journalism blog that attempts to document the events of the Mexican drug war, primarily those not reported by the government of Mexico or the Mexican news media.
History
[edit]An anonymous person created the website because the government was not reporting the violence and was trying to pretend that "nothing [was] happening", the media was "intimidated", and the "government had apparently been bought."[2][3]
The author would initially spend four hours every day working on the website. To deal with the increased workload, he asked a friend, also anonymous, to help him. They decided to broadcast their content without alteration or modifications of convenience—and help Mexicans take all necessary precautions to protect their own well-being. They chose YouTube to upload videos to the web and comment as @mundonarco on Twitter.[3] During the early days of Blog del Narco, the general population of Mexico submitted only a small number of reports to them, but as the website built trust with time, more reports were submitted. The creators and current editors of the blog "have not received any threats yet."[3]
In 2011, a video posted on the blog outlined a prison warden's system of letting prisoners free at night so they could commit murders for drug cartels. As a result of the video, the prison warden was arrested.[4]
In May 2013, it was revealed that one of the authors of the blog was a woman in her early 20s who goes by the pseudonym "Lucy." In early May, Lucy fled Mexico for the United States (Texas), then Spain.[5]
Editorial
[edit]Some of the videos posted on the website show incidents of murder and torture.[6]
In Mexico, many traditional journalistic outlets have been threatened and harassed due to stories about the drug trafficking industry they dared publish, so anonymous blogs like Blog del Narco have taken the role of reporting on events related to the drug war.[7] The author uses computer security techniques to obscure his identity.[8] His anonymity has been maintained. When he conducted an interview with the Associated Press, he used a disguised telephone number. The author of the blog said that he is doing a service by publishing sensitive details about the Mexican Drug War that journalist organizations in Mexico are hesitant to publish for fear of retaliation. The blogger said, "for the scanty details that they (mass media) put on television, they get grenades thrown at them and their reporters kidnapped. We publish everything. Imagine what they could do to us."
As of September 2010, the blog had three million unique monthly views.[2] By 2011, it became one of the most visited websites in Mexico.[6] Members of police and drug cartel groups directly read the blog.[9]
Reception
[edit]MSNBC described Blog del Narco as "Mexico's go-to Web site on information on the country's drug war."[10] Additionally, The Houston Chronicle said that Blog del Narco is "a gritty, front-row seat to Mexico's drug war."[11]
The Guardian and Los Angeles Times noted that Blog del Narco is a response to Mexico's "narco-censorship", a term used when reporters and editors of the Mexican Drug War, out of fear or caution, are forced to either write what the drug lords demand, or remain silent by not writing anything at all.[12] If they do not comply with what the drug cartels demand, the journalists may be kidnapped, intimidated, or even killed.[13]
Spencer Ackerman of Wired said, "even if you don't read Spanish (like me), the images on Blog Del Narco tell the gruesome story. Old, wealthy men held hostage and humiliated. Paramilitary cops in ski masks taking dudes into custody. People walking the streets in body armor, automatic weapons out. Then there's all the dead bodies and shot-up cars."[2]
Jo Tuckman of Dawn said that the website's contents are "a catalogue of horror absent even from the national press, which still covers the violence from the relative safety of its headquarters in the capital."[7]
Duncan Robinson of the New Statesman said "To say that the blog's coverage is raw is an understatement. It is visceral and undigested. This is news unprocessed, unadulterated and uncensored. Where a news editor would cut away, Blog del Narco's footage lingers. Decapitations are not described, they are pictured. It's unapologetically violent. The blog's raison d'être is simple: to reflect what is happening."[14]
Nate Freeman of The Observer said "his facelessness allowed him get away with stories that would endanger known journalists[...]"[9]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c Contreras, Sergio Octavio (11 November 2010). "La semántica del Blog del Narco". Etcétera. Archived from the original on 17 September 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- ^ a b c Ackerman, Spencer. "Mexico’s Top Narco-Blogger Comes Forward Archived 2014-02-18 at the Wayback Machine." Wired. September 14, 2010. Retrieved on February 15, 2011.
- ^ a b c Gutierrez, Raul (September 2010). "Leaking secrets, leaking blood". Boing Boing. Archived from the original on 16 April 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- ^ Merkelson, Suzanne. "Blog del Narco gets the drug war scoop Archived 2011-11-17 at the Wayback Machine." Foreign Policy. Friday August 13, 2010. Retrieved on February 16, 2011.
- ^ Carroll, Rory (16 May 2013). "Blog del Narco: author who chronicled Mexico's drugs war forced to flee". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 10 August 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
- ^ a b "Man mistaken for drug cartel boss to sue government Archived 2012-10-19 at the Wayback Machine." Sify News. January 24, 2011. Retrieved on February 15, 2011.
- ^ a b Tuckman, Jo. "Mexico’s drug war — told in tweets and whispers Archived 2012-03-28 at the Wayback Machine." Dawn. Tuesday September 28, 2010. Retrieved on February 15, 2010.
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External links
[edit]- www.elblogdelnarco.com, the official and original blog from 2008 (in Spanish)
- Gomez, Robert. "A New Visual Regime: Narco Warfare through Social Media" (Archive). Sightlines. 2012. Posted at: California College of the Arts
- Burnett, Thane. "Mexico's drug war goes online." Toronto Sun. September 2, 2010.
- "Blogger tells the real story of the war on drugs." France 24. 12 March 2010.
- "La cuadratura del círculo Operativos en el Noroeste." Tribuna Campeche. Thursday February 3, 2011. (in Spanish)