Marisol Macías November and left at the same spot as Macías. Ten other Mexican journalists had been killed in 2012 before Macías' murder. Macías was the fourth woman. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, 25 out of the 59 journalists it has tracked as killed in Mexico since 1992 have been carried out as reprisals for their reporting. By Reporters Without Borders count, 80 journalists had been killed in the Mexican Drug War. No other country in Latin America is as dangerous for journalists as Mexico. The Mexican drug cartels have scared journalists into a state of silence, and Marisol Macías
Marisol Macías documented murder of a journalist by a drug cartel in retaliation for journalism that was posted on a social media site. Marisol Macías Castañeda was 39 years old when she was murdered for her online postings. Nuevo Laredo en Vivo had become a site where people could announce to others about the dangers of drug violence and inform police. Macías was collaborating with others on the Nuevo Laredo en Vivo site, and after her murder, at least three others who have not been identified as journalists have been killed by Los Zetas drug cartel in retaliation for postings to the