SHAKEN
More than a quarter of a million families have been affected by the quake, which ruined well above 150,000 homes.
Andrea Noel is a journalist based in Mexico covering the drug war, cartel violence, politics, and the silenced press. Noel is a frequent commentator on gender-based violence in Mexico, former staff writer and Latin America editorial coordinator for VICE News, and a contributor at Fusion. You can follower her on Twitter at @metabolizedjunk
Víctimas del sismo
Millones de personas han sido afectadas por terremotos en México, los cuales han destruido más de 150 mil viviendas.
PHANTOM
The country united around the frantic search for ‘Frida Sofia,’ a 12-year-old girl supposedly still alive under the rubble. Now authorities say she was never real.
FAKE NEWS
More than 200 people died and many are still missing after Tuesday’s powerful earthquake. Social media brought the country together, then trolls tried to tear it apart.
AFTERSHOCKING
The most powerful Mexican quake in a century has caused 58 deaths––and counting. The social and political costs are yet to be determined.
HOT AIR
To build the wall or to rebuild Texas? That is the question. A more reasonable man might re-evaluate his country’s priorities. Not Trump.
CARTEL WATCH
Is Rosa Isela Guzman Ortiz really the drug kingpin’s secret daughter, or was The Guardian duped by a hairdresser with a wild sob story?
BETTER CALL MONTEL
Montel Williams has helped three marines imprisoned in foreign countries. But this week, his plan backfired big time.
LORD RUSSIAN NAZI
Avowed Nazi sympathizer Aleksei Makeev made himself a nuisance online in Mexico. People who have no faith in police responded with mob justice.
THE SOUND OF SILENCE
After the murder of award-winning journalist Javier Valdez, dozens of media outlets shut down their sites to prove a point about silencing the press.