“We had a person working inside of the federal government in intelligence that would notify us when the narcos were close to us,” she said. The anonymous writer behind Blog del Narco talked during the interview about the challenges and risks she has undergone in the pursuit of transparency. NYTelemundo reports that the blog’s Twitter base has a following of 130,000 users and enjoys website traffic of approximately three million visitors per week. The blog invites readers to send in any information that would be of interest to the public from their respective regions to collectively build transparency in Mexico, inform its followers of the security situation in Mexico, and to protect journalists who cannot report so openly on such topics out of fear of retaliation from organized crime groups. And I love Mexico.”īlog del Narco, which began under the Calderón administration (2006-2012) on March 2, 2010, serves to provide uncensored and at times graphic information to the public, exposing drug cartel violence that is often not covered by mainstream media nor included in government reports. I’m a woman, I’m single, I have no children. Although the true identity of the blogger remains concealed, when asked who she is, she replied, “I’m in my mid-20s, I live in northern Mexico, I’m a journalist. She spoke under the condition of anonymity in a joint interview with The Guardian and The Texas Observer, as well as in a follow-up interview with Al Jazeera English, which aired its interview on its popular television segment known as ‘The Stream.’ (To listen to Blog del Narco’s interview with Al Jazeera’s ‘The Stream,’ click here). Cover of the book: “Dying for the Truth: Undercover Inside the Mexican Drug War by the Fugitive Reporters of Blog del Narco.” Photo: Yahoo News.Ġ4/11/13 – (by gomeznathalie) The writer behind the popular uncensored Blog del Narco in Mexico has recently surfaced for the first time, speaking on the challenges and threats she has faced since beginning the blog more than three years ago. * Due to technical difficulties, the publication of this article was delayed from its original postdate of April 11, 2013.
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