The Atlantic has a photo-journalism article upabout about the 50,000+ drug-related deaths in the last 6 years.
As always, The Atlantic's pictures are mesmerizing.
Photojournalism and the narco-related deaths in Mexico
Started by atari, May 17 2012 07:39 PM
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Posted 17 May 2012 - 07:39 PM
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Posted 18 May 2012 - 12:32 PM
This BBC article deals with the question: Why Are The Cartels Chopping Up Their Victims?
Mexico violence: Fear and intimidation
http://www.bbc.co.uk...merica-18063328
Mexico violence: Fear and intimidation
http://www.bbc.co.uk...merica-18063328
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Posted 18 May 2012 - 03:41 PM
You don't know what to say, you just feel helpless.......
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Posted 20 May 2012 - 09:34 AM
Great articles, but it also shows examples of those getting written off as drug was casualties. For example, the pictures of women on the buildings in the one shot. Why would anyone living in reality think narcos are killing these women? In many areas, paqrticularily poor areas, women are raped and killed with little or no effort from the police. Juarez comes to mind. Women there were being killed long before the narcos escalated. It happens a lot of places.
A lot of the people killed walking, in cars, etc. If it were narcos they would be disfiguring them to make a point. When everything gets listed as narco crime it's almost a free pass for other "bad guys".
A lot of the people killed walking, in cars, etc. If it were narcos they would be disfiguring them to make a point. When everything gets listed as narco crime it's almost a free pass for other "bad guys".
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Posted 20 May 2012 - 10:44 AM
There's a whole industry in Mexico that goes under the name "La Nota Roja". It features nothing but gruesome photographs of the recently killed. Since there is no investigative journalism left in Mexico (concerning the drug war), this is what the country is left with.
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