This story is about a man named Jose. Jose is a middle aged man with a wife and four children living in northern Mexico. He spends his entire day working hard so that he can bring in enough money in order to provide for his family, as well as put some money aside in a college fund for his children. Jose did not graduate from high school. He hopes that his children will be able to graduate from college and get a career. One of the things that Jose and his family enjoy doing is keeping in contact with a few relatives that live in the US through Facebook.
Recently, drug cartels have taken over Mexico. They are killing anyone who is in their way. The newspaper does not accurately report on what is going on because they are afraid for their lives. When Jose communicates through Facebook with his relatives, he tells them what is actually going on. His relatives in the US then take this information to their local news to be broadcasted. Somehow, one of the cartels located Jose and his family and have threatened their lives for reporting on the drug cartel's crimes. Jose and his family do not know what to do. They cannot go to the police because most of the police force is corrupt. They have heard stories of people being brutally killed for trying to inform the world through the use of blogs and other social media. Jose and his family are living in fear and do not know what the future holds.
That's an interesting story, I have never thought about social media being an issue in that sort of way. It's an interesting topic, good job!
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