Anonymous blogger cuts to heart of bloody Mexican drug war

AN anonymous, twenty-something blogger is giving Mexicans what they can’t get elsewhere – an inside view of their country’s raging drug war.

Operating from behind a thick curtain of computer security, Blog del Narco, in less than six months, has become Mexico’s go-to internet site at a time when mainstream media are feeling pressure and threats to stay away from the story.

Many postings, including warnings and a beheading, appear to come directly from drug traffickers. Others depict crime scenes accessible only to military or police.