Narco Blogger Deaths

10/28/2014

Chivis Martinez for Borderland Beat 

BBC just released video featuring Ioan Grillo, contains a report stemming from the reported murder of  Tamaulipas SDR Tweeter Dr. Maria del Rosario Fuentes.

Maria was the 5th person killed, for what narco messages declared, her  blogging of narco and SDR (situations of Risk) reports.

#ReynosaFollow, was the first group to use twitter and other social media pages to send out  security information to citizens.

In the narco news blackout state of Tamaulipas tweeting or posting info on network pages, was the only way to get warnings out in the state known for great violence. 

With respect to the 5 bloggers killed, the first two, a young couple, were hanged off a pedestrian bridge in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas.

A message left with the bodies on September 11, 2011.  Supposedly, the couple death was the result of their using anonymous sites to post narco news and warnings, however no connection to social network or blog posting was ever found.  This gave rise to the suspicion the young couple was kidnapped randomly to send a message.

That supposition did not sit well with Los Zetas, because they alluded to it in the message left at the next blogger murder. They wanted there to be no doubt who she was and what site she reported for, this was missing the the first two killings.

The third victim was, a woman identified by her Nuevo Laredo en Vivo cyber name La Nena D Laredo, was found decapitated on September 24th of 2011. Her head was left on top of a computer keyboard with a message warning others against using social media sites to report cartel activity.

The message:

OK Nuevo Laredo en Vivo and social media sites. I am Nena de Laredo and I'm here because of my (online) reports and yours.....For those who don't believe this happened to me because of my actions, (online) and  trusting in the Army and Marines...

Thank you for your attention,
La Nena de Laredo
ZZZZ

The last blogger to be killed happened November 9, 2011.  A male using the name Rascatripas.  His  decapitated body was left at the same monument in Nuevo Laredo, as Nena's.

The message :

Hello! I'm Rascatripas and this happened to me for failing to understand that I should not report things on social media websites. I am a ..... (text covered by body) just like La Nena from Laredo...With this last report I bid farewell to Nuevo Laredo en Vivo.. Always remember ... Never Forget

Your moderator,  RASCATRIPAS

Then the killings ceased, until the recent killing of Dr. Maria del Rosario Fuentes, user name "Felina".

Five blogger murders in Mexico, all in the State of Tamaulipas.

source