1. Social Media and
Organized Crime in
Mexico
el-oso.net

2. bala = bullet
balazo = shot
#balacera = shootout

3. #balaceratec
http://m1zar.blogspot.com/2010/03/desde-la-casa-del-vecino.html

4. http://mentedigital.com

5. “It is sad to see this type of
situation so close up. It is sad that
Monterrey has become a mimicry of
some video war game. Many have
compared it to Call of Duty, others
to Grand Theft Auto, Whichever you
choose, it’s violence.”
http://m1zar.blogspot.com/2010/03/desde-la-casa-del-vecino.html

6. La Compañia C.D.G

7. Narco-Censorship
“¿Qué predomina en los periódicos: lo que se
dice o lo que se calla?” - Diego Enrique Osorno

8. Blog del Narco
http://blogdelnarco.com

9. Blog del Narco

10. Blog del Narco

11. Blog del Narco

12. Blog del Narco

13. Blog del Narco

14. Blog del Narco

15. Blog del Narco

16. Anonymity = Cloak from
fear, government
regulation
"For the scanty details that they put on
television, they get grenades thrown at them and
their reporters kidnapped. We publish
everything. Imagine what they could do to us."
- Blog del Narco

17. This is being produced by
someone who is not doing
it from a journalistic
perspective. He is doing it
without any ethical
considerations."
Carlos Lauría - Committee to Protect Journalists

18. Yet Another Divide
Academia vs. Journalism vs. Citizen Journalism

19. Reach
http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/blogdelnarco.com

20. Leonarda Reyes
“for criminals to share information among themselves”

21. NarcoTube
"Canal oficial del Cartel del Golfo"
youtube.com/user/lanuevafederacion

22. “I would describe journalism as the act of
publishing photos or videos. People have a right
to know why things have become so insecure in
recent years. The violence that is happening in
Mexico is not because the public reads about
what is happening in BlogdelNarco.com. The
factors that provoke violence in Mexico are
much more important, and ultimately they are
economic.”
- Blog del Narco
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/09/14/narco.html

23. NarcoCensura >> Internet Censorship?
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1981607,00.html

24. Video and Accountability
http://informacioncivica.info/mexico/the-good-bad-and-ugly-of-
online-video-in-mexico/

25. Video and Accountability
http://informacioncivica.info/mexico/the-good-bad-and-ugly-of-
online-video-in-mexico/

26. #balacera #saltillo

27. @Fiscaliacoah

28. Mainstream media

29. “Ejecutometro” - @diegoeosorno

30. • Inform
• Seek information
• Criticize
“#Saltillo y l@s tuiter@s” -
@frankstrada

31. What can be done?

32. “Queremos ponerles
nombres, rostros. Dejar de
banalizar la muerte.”
Menos Días Aquí -
menosdiasaqui.blogspot.com

33. Propon.mx

34. Citivox.com

35. juarez.heroreports.org

36. blog.diegovalle.net/

37. insightcrime.org

38. druglawreform.info

39. Thanks!
oso@el-oso.net
twitter: @oso