In Mexico, Social Media Become a Battleground in the Drug War - NYTimes.com: "The bodies of a man and a woman were found hanging from a pedestrian overpass in the Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo this week with notes threatening similar action against other “Internet snitches.” The gruesome display appeared to mark a move by drug cartels, which have murdered journalists for their reporting, to apply the same deadly pressure to any Mexicans who share information online.
... The two were killed, CNN reported, for messages they had posted on well-known Internet sites that collect reports of drug violence in areas of the country where professional journalists are no longer able to safely do their jobs. As The New York Times’s Randal C. Archibold has reported, intimidation by drug traffickers has silenced many news organizations, especially along the border. As a result, local residents have tried to fill the information gap by using social media and a few bold news sites that cover the drug war like Frontera al Rojo Vivo and Blog Del Narco."
The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
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