Chivis Martinez for Borderland Beat
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A message was left with the bodies on September 11, 2011. According to Zetas, the couple's murder, was the end result of their using anonymous sites, to post narco news and SDR warnings.
However, no connection was ever found linking the couple, and social networking or blog posting. This gave rise to the suspicion the young couple was kidnapped randomly and killed, to be used as props, to send a message.
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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 blog was a threat to Los Zetas. Residents do not trust authority, the blog, is a place, that is used to safely and anonymously, report organized crime activity to federal agencies.
Nena's last post, celebrated the death of a Zeta.
Thank you for your attention,
La Nena de Laredo
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The last blogger to be killed in 2011 happened on November 9th. A male using the name "Rascatripas". His decapitated body was left at the same monument in Nuevo Laredo, as Nena's.
BBC's just released video, featuring Ioan Grillo, stems from the reported murder of Tamaulipas SDR Tweeter, Dr. Maria del Rosario Fuentes.
Maria was the 5th person killed, for her blogging of narco news and SDR (situations of Risk) reports.
#ReynosaFollow, was the first group to use twitter and other social media pages to send security information to citizens.
In the narco news blackout state of Tamaulipas, tweeting or posting information on network pages, was the only way to get warnings out in the state known for great violence.
The first two boggers killed, were a young couple, hanged off a pedestrian bridge in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas.
However, no connection was ever found linking the couple, and social networking or blog posting. This gave rise to the suspicion the young couple was kidnapped randomly and killed, to be used as props, to send a message.
Apparently, that supposition did not sit well with Los Zetas, and they alluded to it in the message left with the body of blogger victim number 3.
The cartel wanted there to be no doubt who she was and what site she reported for, such information was missing in the message left with the victims in the first two killings.
The cartel wanted there to be no doubt who she was and what site she reported for, such information was missing in the message left with the victims in the first two killings.
The blog was a threat to Los Zetas. Residents do not trust authority, the blog, is a place, that is used to safely and anonymously, report organized crime activity to federal agencies.
Nena's last post, celebrated the death of a Zeta.
The message left with her body:
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.....(this information is) for those who don't believe this happened to me, because of my (online) actions, and for trusting in the Army and Marines...
Thank you for your attention,
La Nena de Laredo
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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
Your moderator, RASCATRIPAS
Then the killings ceased, until the recent killing of Dr. Maria del Rosario Fuentes, user name "Felina".
Five blogger murders have occurred in Mexico, all in the State of Tamaulipas.
Five blogger murders have occurred in Mexico, all in the State of Tamaulipas.