The mainstream Mexican media frequently attacks the site, calling it free publicity for the wealthy cartels.

Indeed, the website comes under constant cyber-attack from members of the government who want to shut down the gruesome but truthful site.ĭrawing their material from members of the public, those who she knows and even drug gangs, Lucy told The Guardian that only her close family know that she is the author behind the infamous blog. Over the past three years, Lucy has had to move home every month to live in basements, running scared from cartel members so powerful they hold corrupt politicians in their pockets. It highlights her first year operating the blog during a year in which almost 20,000 people lost their lives. However, despite living with the all-too real threat of assassination, Lucy has now produced a book, 'Dying for the Truth: Undercover Insider Mexico's Violent Drug War'. The man’s body, also believed to be in his early 20s, was hanging from just his hands.

The violence has made Mexico one of the world's most dangerous countries for journalists, which explains why Blog del Narco cloaks itself so heavily in anonymity The woman, thought to be in her 20s, was tied to the bridge from her feet and hands as her body dangled topless with her innards protruding. Next to the battered bodies was a sign reading: ‘This is going to happen to all those posting funny things on the internet, You better (expletive) pay attention. The motive for the gruesome attack was to explicitly warn her not to criticize Mexican drug cartels on the internet. Lucy revealed to The Guardian that the couple were her erstwhile colleagues on the website. She brings up the sad example of a couple who were found hanging from a bridge in the Mexican border city of Neuvo Laredo after being disemboweled and mutilated by their attackers.

Since the blog was launched in 2010, Lucy has lived in constant fear of being captured and killed by the cartels, who are infuriated by her insistence of depicting the true horrors of the drug war which has been estimated to have displaced over a million people across Mexico.

Others depict crime scenes accessible only to military or police Many postings, including warnings and a beheading, appear to come directly from drug traffickers.

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