Blog del Narco

News from the Mexican front line in America's drug wars, often submitted anonymously. Mainstream press in Mexico now tries to tone down coverage of the drug war to avoid alarming the population. This blog has taken up the mantle of reporting unpalatable news. Drug cartels have also used the blog to issue threats. Some of the pictures are very graphic and are not for the faint-hearted. Written in Spanish, the onsite translations into English and other languages are somewhat clumsy, but the horrendous stories and pictures are clear enough. This is real life and death in the towns and cities of Mexico shattered by drugs related corruption and violence. A grim reminder of the daily toll of the drugs business – violence now so commonplace that it barely makes the news outside of Mexico. Since the Mexican President declared 'War on Drugs' in December 2006 more than 36,000 Mexicans have been killed (including 66 reporters). To put this figure into perspective, total US fatalities in both Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001 to April 2011 are around 6,000. That's a real war, just south of America's international border – and it doesn't seem to be getting any better… (I'd advise ignoring the adverts for 'Hot Latina Girls' and 'Dating Sites.') http://www.blogdelnarco.com/ Interesting