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[Prof.Gringo]

Looks like the drug war has taken a new and very scary twist:

Mexico's hyperviolent Zetas drug cartel appears to be launching what may be one of the first campaigns by an organized crime group to silence commentary on the Internet.

The cartel has already attacked rivals, journalists and other perceived enemies. Now, the target is an online chat room, Nuevo Laredo en Vivo, that allows users to comment on the activities of the Zetas and others in the city on the border with Texas.

Already, three apparent site users have been slain, and a fourth victim may have been discovered Wednesday, when a man's decapitated body was found with what residents said was a banner suggesting he was killed for posting on the site. Chat room users said they could not immediately confirm the victim's identity, because people all post under aliases.

http://news.yahoo.com/mexican-drug-cartel-tries-silence-internet-224155885.html

[jaimem-g]

Scary stuff. If you don't get many replies to this, be assured it's because we are censoring ourselves

This should probably go to a sticky and enough said. If you are in your location as posted you should be safe.

[Isla Guapa]

[Prof.Gringo]

[Samantha]

Journalists (and Photogs) here have known for ages that it's a risky deal to publish such activity. This is why so many resorted to using blog format for reporting (long before the main stream media "pact" came into being).

By the way, it takes less effort than you might think to find out a physical address of where an IP originates here in Mexico. Sometimes I think this must be the easiest place in the world to be a private detective.

[djpresidente]

[Prof.Gringo]