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''Blog del Narco'' was a blog that documents events and people of the Mexican Drug War. ''MSNBC'' described Blog del Narco as "Mexico's go-to Web site on information on the country's drug war."〔"(Mexican drug gang barricades Monterrey roads )." ''MSNBC''. August 14, 2010. Retrieved on February 15, 2011.〕 Additionally, ''The Houston Chronicle'' said that Blog del Narco is "a gritty, front-row seat to Mexico's drug war." The author spends four hours per day working on the website. To deal with the increased workload, he asked a friend to help him.〔"(The REAL City of God: Student risks his life documenting Mexico's drug war in gritty, blood-soaked blog )." ''The Daily Mail''. August 14, 2010. Retrieved on February 15, 2011.〕 In Mexico many traditional journalistic outlets received harassment due to stories they publish, so anonymous blogs like Blog del Narco have taken the role of reporting on events related to the drug war.〔 The author, an anonymous computer security student in his 20s from northern Mexico,〔 uses computer security techniques to obscure his identity.〔Rodriguez, Olga R. "(Blogger Beats Mexico Drug War News Blackout )." ''Associated Press'' at the ''Huffington Post''. August 12, 2010. Retrieved on February 16, 2011.〕 His anonymity has been maintained. When he conducted an interview with the Associated Press, he used a disguised telephone number. Nate Freeman of ''The Observer'' said "his facelessness allowed him get away with stories that would endanger known journalists()"〔Freeman, Nate. "(With Journalists Silenced, Mysterious Blogger Reports on Mexico’s Drug Violence )." ''The Observer''. August 16, 2010. Retrieved on February 16, 2011.〕 ''The Guardian'' and ''Los Angeles Times'' noted that Blog del Narco is a response to Mexico's "narco-censorship," a term used when reporters and editors of the Mexican Drug War, out of fear or caution, are forced to either write what the drug lords demand, or remain silent by not writing anything at all. If they do not comply with what the drug cartels demand, the journalists may be kidnapped, intimidated, or even killed. According to the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists, 51 journalist have been killed in Mexico between the years 2000 and 2011. The National Human Rights Commission, however, reported that 74 journalists had been killed during that time. With the growing violence of the Mexican Drug War, media watchdogs have considered Mexico to be one of the most dangerous countries in which to be a journalist. ==History== The author began the website in March 2010 as a hobby.〔 The author said that he created the website because the Government of Mexico was not reporting the violence and was trying to pretend that "nothing () happening."〔Ackerman, Spencer. "(Mexico’s Top Narco-Blogger Comes Forward )." ''Wired''. September 14, 2010. Retrieved on February 15, 2011.〕 According to an interview done by ''Boing Boing'', the creators of Blog del Narco said that they also decided to begin a blog and report about the Mexican Drug War because the media was "intimidated" and the "government had apparently been bought." They decided to work on what was actually happening in Mexico—without alteration or modifications of convenience—and help Mexicans take all necessary measures against the insecurity. The bloggers decided to upload videos to YouTube and comment as @infonarco on Twitter; from there on, they began to see that the population was looking for "a medium that didn't pre-digest the news" before publishing it.〔 During the beginnings of Blog del Narco, they received little information, but as people became more confident with the blog, they started receiving lots of information regularly. The creators and current editors of the blog "have not received any threats yet."〔 The creator hopes that they do not, however, because he said they "never intend to offend or inconvenience society" and only publish in the manner of other journalists. He then said that "only two close friends" know his true identity, and that he has never failed to upload a picture or video for being too graphic.〔 The ''Huffington Post'' stated that in a period of less than six months, Blog del Narco "has become Mexico's go-to Internet site" for drug cartel events.〔 A video posted on Blog del Narco outlined a prison warden's system of letting prisoners free at night so they could commit murders for drug cartels. As a result of the video, the prison warden was arrested.〔Merkelson, Suzanne. "(Blog del Narco gets the drug war scoop )." ''Foreign Policy''. Friday August 13, 2010. Retrieved on February 16, 2011.〕 In May 2013 it was revealed that one of the authors of Blog del Narco was a female in her early 20s who goes by the pseudonym "Lucy." In early May, Lucy fled Mexico for the United States (Texas), then Spain. She was prompted by a message from her missing partner that said one word- "run." Lucy said, "I'm trying to think positively but I'm scared something terrible has happened. 'Run' was our codeword for when something was very wrong. We had never used it before." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Blog del Narco」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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