Female Founder of Mexico's Most Controversial Blog Speaks for First Time Rory Carroll - The Guardian/Texas Observer
go to original April 3, 2013

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For three years it has chronicled Mexico’s drug war with graphic images and shocking stories that few others dare show, drawing millions of readers, acclaim, denunciations - and speculation about its author’s identity.

Blog del Narco has become a must-read for authorities, drug gangs and ordinary people because it lays bare, day after day, horrific violence censored by Mexico’s mainstream media.

The anonymous author has been a source of mystery, with Mexico wondering who he is and his motivation for such risky reporting.

Now in their first major interview since launching the blog, the author has spoken to the Guardian and The Texas Observer – and revealed that she is in fact a young woman.

“I don’t think people ever imagined it was a woman doing this,” said the blogger, who asked to use pseudonym Lucy to protect her real identity.

“Who am I? I’m in my mid 20s, I live in northern Mexico, I’m a journalist. I’m a woman, I’m single, I have no children. And I love Mexico.”

The interview marks the first time Lucy has spoken directly about the motivations for running a blog thatcould cost her her life. In the early days, her male colleague who manages the technical side engaged in a few short, anonymous email exchanges with reporters, but neither has spoken out since.

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