A
citizen
journalist named Dr
MarÃa del Rosario Fuentes Rubio from Reynosa, Mexico, who spoke out
against organised crime in her city was tracked down and brutally killed
by Mexican drug cartel who then hacked into her twitter account and
used it to
announce her death and then posted a
photo of her bloody, lifeless body.
The cruel pic was accompanied by a series of tweets, which started by saying:
'Friends and family, my real name is MarÃa del Rosario Fuentes Rubio. I
am a physician. Today my life has reached its end. Do not make the same mistake I did.' Continue...
She
was known for tweeting under the name Felina and @Miut3 handle with the
hashtag #reynosafollow to warn others about crime in her city, which
has a reputation for corruption.
The
Tamaulipas state prosecutor's office says it is investigating whether
Dr Fuentes Rubio has been killed after being reported kidnapped by a
gunman on Thursday.
Dr
Fuentes Rubio was an administrator for Valor por Tamaulipas (which
means Courage for Tamaulipas), the most popular citizen news hub in the
state.
Her Twitter
account was once used to share information about possible shootouts
within the heavy gang and drug cartel community, but has since been
suspended.
The
Valor por Tamaulipas Facebook group paid tribute to Dr Fuentes Rubio,
calling her 'a doctor who was dedicated to informing the community about
risks—with a heart as large as her courage.'
Members of
the group posted: 'Today, Miut3 stopped reporting. But the criminals do
not know that Miut3 this in our soul and she never would surrender to
organised crime.'
The
group received a threatening tweet a week before her death which said:
'We're coming very close to many of you watch out felina.'
Reynosa lies within the state of Tamaulipas which borders Texas from east Laredo to the Gulf of Mexico.
Two
rival drug cartels in Tamaulipas have final say over what gets printed
or broadcast in the local media, according to the Daily Beast.
This
means the people of the state increasingly have turned to social media
to share information about organized crime and its infiltration of the
government
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