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The Death of a Mexican Twitter Activist for Her Posts
It seems unbelievable, but it happened. Her name was Doctor María del Rosario Fuentes Rubio. She reported, through Twitter, dangerous situations and violent events that were occurring in Tamaulipas. She was linked with Valor Por Tamaulipas as well, another Twitter account that reports disappearances, violence and dangerous occurrences there as well.
She recently received threats from the Golf Cartel, Cartel Del Golfo (CDG). A week later, on the 15th, her Twitter posted a message to her followers to not get involved and put themselves at risk, and their families, like she did, that her useless posts to Twitter ended up leading to her death. Pictures of her, before and after her presumed death, were posted. Her body has yet to be found. How cowardly they are, to kill a person for tweeting.
This is not a reason for anyone to stop posting in the social medias ideas, thoughts, and words that are against any of the drug cartels. Just the contrary, it is all the more reason we as the public should decry what we know to be the injustices of both the cartels and the governments. The drug war has caused more death and social upheaval than the drugs themselves ever have.
How much more power do we as a society and global economy have to give to the cartels before significant changes to drug policies are made? How many more good people, like María del Rosario Fuentes Rubio have to die? Money and weapons have not stopped the cartels yet. What makes anyone think that more money and weapons will stop them ever? But if we stop their flow of money, their power will fade.
She recently received threats from the Golf Cartel, Cartel Del Golfo (CDG). A week later, on the 15th, her Twitter posted a message to her followers to not get involved and put themselves at risk, and their families, like she did, that her useless posts to Twitter ended up leading to her death. Pictures of her, before and after her presumed death, were posted. Her body has yet to be found. How cowardly they are, to kill a person for tweeting.
This is not a reason for anyone to stop posting in the social medias ideas, thoughts, and words that are against any of the drug cartels. Just the contrary, it is all the more reason we as the public should decry what we know to be the injustices of both the cartels and the governments. The drug war has caused more death and social upheaval than the drugs themselves ever have.
How much more power do we as a society and global economy have to give to the cartels before significant changes to drug policies are made? How many more good people, like María del Rosario Fuentes Rubio have to die? Money and weapons have not stopped the cartels yet. What makes anyone think that more money and weapons will stop them ever? But if we stop their flow of money, their power will fade.
