Stream tracks and playlists from on your desktop or mobile device. Why blog del narco has become the most important website in. This will happen to all the internet snitches frontera al rojo vivo, blog del narco, or denuncia ciudadano be warned, weve got our eye on you. Additionally, the houston chronicle said that blog del narco is a gritty, frontrow seat to mexicos drug war. Blog del naco site, dying for the truth is a truly frightening book. Newsweek malcolm beiths book is a virtual nonstop chase. Dying for the truth is the first and only book release that contains both text and images, many of them gruesome, from this vital public forum. Apr 03, 20 since the dark days of 2011 and the crippling cyberattack, blog del narco has redoubled its efforts. Inside mexicos criminal insurgency is a nonfiction book of the mexican drug war written by ioan grillo. In nuevo laredo, where journalists have been attacked, 26yearold storeowner claudia perez says she reads blog del narco to know when streets close, but can do without the gore. For those who would prefer an accurate fictional account, i highly recommend don winslows books the power of the dog and its sequel the cartel. The ldod archive is a collaborative digital archive of the book of disquiet by fernando pessoa. Hemp is the least processed form of the cannabis plant and contains high levels of cannabidiol, or cbd the compound in cannabis known for its medicinal properties and traces of delta9tetrahydrocannabinol, or thc, the psychoactive component in cannabis that causes a high. Several decades before blog del narco emerged in 2010, critical information pertaining to drug smugglers was disseminated through a genre of.
Narco blogger beats mexico drug war news blackout 201008 02. Apr 05, 20 blog del narco, an internet sensation dubbed a frontrow seat to mexicos agony over drugs, has become a mustread for authorities, drug gangs and ordinary people because it lays bare, day after day, the horrific violence censored by the mainstream media. Blog del narco is an internet sensation which has chronicled mexicos drug war with graphic images and shocking stories few others dare show. It has been a mustread for authorities, drug gangs. Although precursors of blog del narco existed, the use of the web for reporting on the mexican drug war only became widespread after 2008. The guardian says that the site has become a mustread source on mexicos drug wars for that countrys officials, cartel members. Since the dark days of 2011 and the crippling cyberattack, blog del narco has redoubled its efforts. It is a rolling news source, with basic reports, images and videos and little in the way of comment or analysis. You can find similar websites and websites using the same design template. Blog del narco is a heavily visited website, both in mexico and the rest of north.
Narcoblogger beats mexico drug war news blackout 201008 02. Collaborative digital archive of the book of disquiet. Over time, blog del narco acquired multiple sources, including drug gangs, and became indispensable reading, drawing more than 3m hits monthly. Blog del narco s first posting concerned a smalltown shootout in the border state of tamaulipas that police wouldnt even confirm happened. The book of disquiet is available in english, german, french, and portuguese language versions.
Blog del narco narcos blog was a blog that attempted to document the violent incidents and characters involved in the mexican drug war that never made it to government reports or the mainstream media. The first message attached to the male victims leg read. The book of disquiet is a work by the portuguese author fernando pessoa 1888 1935. Ioan grillo has reported on latin america since 2001 for international media including time magazine, reuters, cnn, the associated press, pbs newshour, the houston chronicle, cbc, and the sunday telegraph. Blog del narco, benito juarez, distrito federal, mexico.
See traffic statistics for more information hosted on ip address 98. An anonymous person created the website because the government of mexico was not reporting the violence and was trying to. One blog singlehandedly provides a visceral and at times horrifying insight into mexicos drug war. The last narco is essential reading about one of the most pressing and dramatic stories in the news todaya true crime thriller happening in real time. It is a rolling news source, with basic reports, images and videos and little in.
This happened for snitching on frontera al rojo vivo a grupo refroma internet forum created to both inform of and denounce cartel activity the second message read. This book should be required reading for anyone interested in understanding why there is such a drug war, how it started, and why its not going to. May 30, 20 blog del narco is not run by professional journalists, but its the only forum for the true story of the violent drug war. Why blog del narco has become the most important website. The federal government recognizes two forms of the plant cannabis sativa. Narcoblogger beats mexico drug war news blackout world. The book of disquiet, by the portuguese writer fernando pessoa, is properly speaking perhaps not a book at all, and i imagine pessoa would not. This research allowed me to investigate how the media has. Albuquerque journal the last narco is a brave and terrific headlong journalistic trek into the dangerous, and immensely relevant, terrain of drug trafficking in mexico, and the life and times of its foremost practitioner. Blog del narco has also become a meeting point for people anxious to get information the mainstream media doesnt deliver, such as what streets to avoid during shootouts.
Author of blog del narco, chronicle of mexicos drug war. The complete edition jeronimo pizarro, fernando pessoa, margaret jull costa isbn. Buy the book of disquiet penguin modern classics new ed by pessoa, fernando, zenith, richard isbn. Help us create the kind of literary community youve always dreamed of. The book its a compilation of most of the articles published in the website of blog del narco. News on organized crime, focusing on mexican drug cartels. Signed, z signed, z both messages were certainly directed to all those internet surfers who use these electronic media networks as a means to discuss controversial narco issues on this side of the border. Soundscapes of narco silence are characterized not only by violence and terror, but by cultural productions that function as forms of critical resistance those works that focus the publics attention on the economy of silence and fear that fuels the drug war, and in the process, enable communities to cope with narco violence.
The anonymous author of blog del narco, a chronicle of mexicos drugrelated violence, has reportedly fled the country after receiving a telephone call. Published posthumously, the book of disquiet is a fragmentary. This almostautobiographical story tells of the sombre majesty of splendours no one knows in the very private life of its hero and offers. It contains images of the autograph documents, new. May 17, 20 the anonymous author of blog del narco, a chronicle of mexicos drugrelated violence, has reportedly fled the country after receiving a telephone call telling her to run for her life. Blog del narco sprang up three years ago to fill the vacuum left by cowed journalistic colleagues who could not even report vital information such as narco roadblocks and kidnappings. This book should be required reading for anyone interested in understanding why there is such a drug war, how it started, and why its not going to go away anytime soon. Listen to soundcloud is an audio platform that lets you listen to what you love and share the sounds you create 14 tracks. Published january 1st 1999 by oceano, 217 pages, hardcover.
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