Dr María del Rosario Fuentes Rubio
from Mexico was photographed before and after her execution and the
pictures were posted to her Twitter account
A
citizen journalist who spoke out against organised crime in her city
was allegedly killed by drug traffickers who used her own Twitter
account to announce her death, according to reports.
Dr
María del Rosario Fuentes Rubio from Reynosa, Mexico, was brutally
killed and her kidnappers hacked into her Twitter account to post a
photo of a bloody, lifeless body.
This
was accompanied by a series of tweets, which started by saying:
'Friends and family, my real name is María del Rosario Fuentes Rubio. I
am a physician. Today my life has reached its end.'
The second warns others to close their accounts and says: 'Do not make the same mistake I did.'
She
was known for tweeting under the name Felina and @Miut3 handle with the
hashtag #reynosafollow to warn others about crime in her city, which
has a reputation for corruption.
The
Tamaulipas state prosecutor's office says it is investigating whether
Dr Fuentes Rubio has been killed after being reported kidnapped by a
gunman on Thursday.
Dr
Fuentes Rubio was an administrator for Valor por Tamaulipas (which
means Courage for Tamaulipas), the most popular citizen news hub in the
state.
Her
Twitter account was once used to share information about possible
shootouts within the heavy gang and drug cartel community, but has since
been suspended.
The
Valor por Tamaulipas Facebook group paid tribute to Dr Fuentes Rubio,
calling her 'a doctor who was dedicated to informing the community about
risks—with a heart as large as her courage.'
Her kidnappers hacked into her Twitter
account, which used handle @Miut3, to post a photo of a bloody,
lifeless body on Thursday 16
HOW KIDNAPPERS TWEETED THE DEATH OF FELINA USING HER ACCOUNT
Dr María del Rosario Fuentes Rubio was killed and her kidnappers hacked into her own account to announce her death.
The
first tweet (shown at the bottom of the picture) said: 'Friends and
family, my real name is María del Rosario Fuentes Rubio. I am a
physician. Today my life has reached its end.'
The
second tweet (shown in the middle of the picture) said: 'I have no
more to tell them. Do not make the same mistake I did not gain anything.
Today I realise that.'
The final tweet (shown at the top of the picture) said: 'I found death for nothing we are closer than you think.'
She
was known for tweeting under the name Felina and @Miut3 handle with the
hashtag #reynosafollow to warn others about crime in her city, which
has a reputation for corruption.
Members
of the group posted: 'Today, Miut3 stopped reporting. But the criminals
do not know that Miut3 this in our soul and she never would surrender
to organised crime.'
The
group received a threatening tweet a week before her death which said:
'We're coming very close to many of you watch out felina.'
Reynosa lies within the state of Tamaulipas which borders Texas from east Laredo to the Gulf of Mexico.
Two
rival drug cartels in Tamaulipas have final say over what gets printed
or broadcast in the local media, according to the Daily Beast.
This
means the people of the state increasingly have turned to social media
to share information about organized crime and its infiltration of the
government.
Source: UK Daily Mail
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