Mexico - Fourth netizen murdered in two months in Nuevo Laredo, cartels feared

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is deeply shocked by the discovery an Internet activist's decapitated body in the northeastern city of Nuevo Laredo on 9 November. Identified by the nickname of “Rascatripas” (Belly-Scratcher), he helped moderate “Nuevo Laredo en Vivo,” a website about organized crime. He was the fourth netizen to be slain in this dangerous border town in the past two months for reporting on the activities of drug traffickers. His hands had been tied and his head had been severed from (...)

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