When he launched the blog, he intended it to be a hobby, but has grown faster than his wildest expectations, now receiving 3 million hits weekly. The AP tracked down this mysterious blogger, who revealed that he is a student in northern Mexico majoring in computer security. In one case, Blog del Narco helped lead to a major arrest, when a video posted detailed a prison warden’s system of setting inmates free at night to carry out drug cartel murders. Blog del Narco, launched in March, includes postings from both drug traffickers (such as warnings and even a beheading) and law enforcement (crime scenes accessible only to the police and military). Score another one for new media: an anonymous, twenty-something blogger has become Mexico’s go-to for information on the country’s deadly drug war.
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