Where did it all Begin?
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It was September 29th when I had just come home from classes and my phone beeped. I got a notification linking me to a New York Times article about students in Mexico who had gone missing, and the police force was implicated. It was a small article no more than half a page long, and that is being generous. The next article about the situation came six days later, and as I read it, I felt a hot rage boil inside of me followed by complete disbelief. “Witnesses said many of them were last seen being carried off by officers,” the article read. That sentence just rattled in my head. I contemplated how a police force sworn to protect and work for the people could even think about doing something like that. Both my parents are Mexican and I identify myself as Mexican. Growing up, I would hear my mother telling me wonderful stories about Mexico. She would say it was a wonderful place to live in with open fields and fresh air. As of recently, my mother describes Mexico as a mass grave site.
The Beginning to an Investigation
After the disappearance of the forty three students of Ayotzinapa, many people, all around the world, took to social media websites to voice their outrage and disgust towards the whole incident. The whole movement really obtained its momentum when the phrase "ya me canse" was coined after the Mexican Attorney General, Jesus Murillo, showed complete disregard for the people of Mexico. As a result, two websites have been dedicated to the possible solutions and all the different voices that are involved in this fight.
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Throughout these past four months, I have been following any update regarding the Ayotzinapa case. I read every article and looked at different groups both here in the United States and in Mexico that were looking for justice and the safe return of the forty three missing students. The disappearance of these students sparked an outrage around the world about the corruption and violence in Mexico, but what many people have not realized is that this was not one isolated event. As a result of this one event, I discovered a blog entitled “#USTired2” that is based here in the United States. This blog revealed so much that is not presented on widely seen media. Mexico has been suffering from an increase in homicides, kidnappings and drug related incidents for over a decade due to corruption in the Mexican Government and the funding coming from the United States of America. Yes that is correct, the United States has been blindly putting money into the hands of possible corrupt officials.
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Looking from Mexico’s perspective, we have another blog entitled “#yamecanse,” a widely popularized battle cry after Mexican Attorney General Jesus Murillo stated it to call a halt to all questions about the 43 missing students. As is, Jesus Murillo was giving very little answers to the parents of the missing forty three students, but with that one statement he crossed the line. While these parents were praying for the safe return of their kids, he was tired. The blog “#yamecanse” has a video in the front page that brought me to tears when I watched it. (Shown in the presentation above,.) We as Mexicans have ignored so much about the reality that we were living in, but that will not happen anymore. The blog as a whole is aimed to convince people to write to their own government, asking them to stop any treaties with Mexico. These bloggers want to be heard and they want their demands met by their government because their government is supposed to work for them not the other way around.
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The Message that travels all around the world
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Focusing on this issue I have come to the conclusion that online methods of persuasion are very powerful mediums because they can be shared and spread out throughout the entire world in a matter of hours. I want to be a part of that. I want to make a difference with every keystroke that I make. With all the events that are currently occurring in Mexico, this is the strongest method of retaliation we as Mexicans can have. The ability to be able to easily access words from either a laptop, phone or tablet assures me that the cries for change will spread far and wide. After all, the best way we can get back at a government that refuses to listen is by exposing them for what they really are: cowards hiding behind fancy titles.
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