Wow 6 members of the Mexican Federal Police accused of extrajudicial executions in Apatzingán were arrested proceso.com.mx/596858/detiene…
This was the most gruesome translation I've ever done and it was archived but warning the images are *extremely graphic* web.archive.org/web/2015061013…
Something very important that I learned from this investigation: censorship in Mexican media is outrageous but the journalists and news outlets involved in this case were very innovative to ensure this investigation reached a wide audience.
3 different outlets simultaneously published the work of one (extremely brave!) female journalist, Laura Castellanos, and the way they published was strategic. They all forewent "the exclusive" and published together. Each outlet used different platforms w unique vulnerabilities.
Proceso is a large print magazine (stacks of it would sometimes disappear from newsstands), Carmen Aristegui has a big audience online (she previously had a very popular radio show but was taken off the air) and Univision has a large audience outside of MX.
Aristegui's website was hit w/ a DDoS attack when this investigation was published. I remember b/c I couldn't access the video & article on the site to translate it, but I was able to watch the video on the YouTube channel so I transcribed it, translated & published that instead.
Also just realized Vice published a translation by Laura Castellanos 6 days later so it went out in English language to a large audience too. (I was just translating on a small blog in comparison) vice.com/en_us/article/…
Look how the news of this investigation was reported via Reuters back then. The people who were killed were called "members of vigilante groups" reuters.com/article/us-mex…
I was pretty mad about that at the time! &
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