El Blog del Narco
Blog del Narco has emerged as the premiere source for Mexico’s Narco News with about 3 million unique visits per month. Mexico has become one of the most dangerous countries in the world for freedom of the press. Many reporters have been executed or kidnapped. For his own safety, the author of Blog del Narco has maintained his/her anonymity by only letting two people (whom are very close to him) know his identity. It is a source of great curiosity how Narco Blog gets the stories and the pictures often well before traditional outlets.
The Blog has been recognized by CNN, Univision, LaJornada, Milenio.com to mention only a few.
"We decided to tell people what is actually happening and tell the stories exactly as they happen, without alteration or modifications of convenience," its author tells Boing Boing. "The main goal of the blog is to help Mexican people to take all necessary measures against the insecurity."
Blog Entries by El Blog del Narco
Blog del Narco -Michoacan Calls Military in to Stop Cartel Violence
May 22, 2013 | by El Blog del Narco | Latino Daily News
Army troops are being deployed in Michoacan to restore order in the western Mexican state, which has been rocked by a wave of drug-related violence, federal officials said. The operation, which is being mounted by federal security forces under a unified command, will continue until order is restored in the region and state authorities continue reading »
Blog del Narco: General in Mexican Army takes Over Public Safety in Michoacan
May 17, 2013 | by El Blog del Narco | Latino Daily News
A general in the Mexican army was sworn-in Thursday as public safety secretary in the western state of Michoacan, which is home to several powerful criminal organizations and a growing vigilante movement. Maj. Gen. Alberto Reyes Vaca will have command of the state police and of federal security forces stationed in Michoacan. continue reading »
Blog del Narco: Cartel Members Arrested for Official and Model’s Murders
May 15, 2013 | by El Blog del Narco | Latino Daily News
Four suspected Jalisco Nueva Generacion drug cartel members have been arrested for the March 9 murder of Jalisco Tourism Secretary Jose de Jesus Gallegos, Mexican prosecutors said. Juan Manuel Gonzalez Martinez, 29, and Julio Andres Vazquez Estrada, 36, were arrested five days after the killing and provided investigators with information that led to the capture of two other suspects continue reading »
Blog del Narco: Gunmen Ambush Mayor in Oaxaca
May 14, 2013 | by El Blog del Narco | Latino Daily News
The mayor of Santiago Amoltepec, a small town in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, was ambushed by gunmen and shot over the weekend, media reports said Monday. Luis Jimenez is listed in serious condition with gunshot wounds, Milenio television reported. continue reading »
Blog del Narco: DEA/FBI Update Major Traffickers Wanted Poster
May 7, 2013 | by El Blog del Narco | Latino Daily News
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), has published a poster advertising major drug traffickers, operating in San Diego, California and Tijuana, Mexico. It has been four years since the DEA Updated this Poster. Cartels continue to be in an intense struggle for power over territory and drug trafficking rights in Mexico. continue reading »
Blog del Narco: Official Confirmation El Chapo’s Father in-Law in Custody
May 1, 2013 | by El Blog del Narco | Latino Daily News
The Mexican government confirmed that Ines Coronel Barreras, the father-in-law of Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquin "El Chapo" (Shorty) Guzman, was arrested in an operation with no shots fired. The 45-year-old Coronel Barreras was captured at 7:00 a.m. continue reading »
Blog del Narco: U.S. Offered to Capture Chapo Guzman, Journalist Says
April 30, 2013 | by El Blog del Narco | Latino Daily News
The United States offered to capture drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in a "simple, fast and surgical" operation that would take 15 minutes, but the Mexican military opposed the plan, journalist Jesus Esquivel said in an interview continue reading »
Blog del Narco: At Least 8 Bodies Found Buried in Juarez, Nuevo Leon
April 17, 2013 | by El Blog del Narco | Latino Daily News
At least eight bodies have been found in clandestine graves in the northern state of Nuevo Leon, where two drug cartels have been fighting a turf war for more than three years, authorities said Tuesday. continue reading »
Blog del Narco: Five Men Executed in Guerrero- Left with Narcomessage (Photo Warning)
April 11, 2013 | by El Blog del Narco | El Blog del Narco
Five men were killed in Chilpancingo at dawn on Wednesday. Next to their bodies two messages were left on cards that have not been disclosed by authorities. The bodies were as yet unidentified. According to police reports, the bodies were discovered at 05:40am under the bridge between the colony Ayutla Bella Vista and Progreso, on the north side of South Boulevard continue reading »
Blog del Narco: Criminals Break Into A.G.‘s Office to Steal Vehicles and Credit Card DuplicatorVIDEO
April 10, 2013 | by El Blog del Narco | Latino Daily News
An armed group of bandits stormed a storage yard of the Attorney General's Office (PGR), in the city of Chihuahua. Thieves took two Humvees and equipment to clone credit cards. The complaint filed by federal employees and two private guards, who were at the facility stated that at least three heavily armed men stormed the yard, and immediately covered their faces with black hoods. continue reading »
Blog del Narco Publishes Their Story in “Dying for the Truth”
April 4, 2013 | by El Blog del Narco | Latino Daily News
On March 2, 2010 Blog del Narco decide to begin reporting what was really happening in their beloved Mexico. The drug war was raging in the country causing terrible instability. The authorities and traditional media wanted to believe that nothing was happening while things were in crisis. continue reading »
Blog del Narco: Five Members of One Family Killed in Sinaloa
April 3, 2013 | by El Blog del Narco | Latino Daily News
The victims include two women and three men who received multiple gunshot wounds in Mazatlan, Sinaloa. - At least five people have been reported as shot by the ministerial authorities in the community of The Chapalota, in the town of Mazatlan. continue reading »
Blog del Narco: Person Tortured and Executed in Puebla ( Warning Graphic Photo)
March 22, 2013 | by El Blog del Narco | El Blog del Narco
Thursday morning a body was located lying on a desolate road to Puebla-Tlaxcala Covadonga in the agricultural colony Ignacio Zaragoza. With apparent signs of violence the body of a lifeless man about 30-35 years old was found. He was a resident of the area and wearing blue denim pants as well as a white shirt. continue reading »
Blog del Narco: Armed Civilians and Police in Shootout in Nuvo Leredo Tamaulipas
March 19, 2013 | by El Blog del Narco | Latino Daily News
Today a confrontation between armed civilians and army troops in Nuevo Laredo left a toll of two civilians killed. The Attorney General's Office and the state Department of Public Safety stated that the incident took place at 10:40 in the morning. continue reading »
Blog del Narco: Three People Killed in Car Lot in Chihuahua ( Picture Warning)
March 18, 2013 | by El Blog del Narco | El Blog del Narco
This weekend three men were found executed in a used car lot near the Nogales Highway and Technology. Two of the bodies were lying inside the lot while the other subject was a few feet away; apparently the latter tried to escape. continue reading »
