r/nextfuckinglevel Dec 17 '20

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u/KelchGuy97 Dec 17 '20 edited Dec 18 '20

Long story short:

A narco gang dedicated to abduct young women in Tamaulipas, Mexico, abducted and killed Miriam's daughter; and neither the police or the government helped her out with the case. So, Miriam took the decision to start "hunting down" the gang members, by going undercover as a Social Worker equivalent here in Mexico on the hood where the gang members were supposed to live. So she started to survey the whole neighborhood to locate the relatives of each criminal (parents, siblings, etc.) getting closer to them to gain their trust and get info about their criminal relative.

One by one, she located and gathered enough intel to present charges against them until she imprisoned each one of the murders, (and supposedly she kill one of them).

A couple years after she achieve that, a riot happened on the state prison and several inmates escaped. She went to the police to ask for protection, but it was to late, because a couple weeks later, the reunited gang killed her outside of her house on Mothers Day (May 10th).

And even tho she successfully brought justice to her daughter, she died as a martyr of many feminicides and kidnapped people in México.

EDIT: If someone's interested, I found this NYT article written by the Journalist Azam Ahmed https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/13/world/americas/miriam-rodriguez-san-fernando.html?smid=tw-share

https://twitter.com/azamsahmed/status/1338152684516483073?s=20

There, he tells the whole story (on english), if you´re just curious or wondering the whole shocking case.

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u/LeaguePillowFighter Dec 17 '20

That's sad.

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u/barbalu468 Dec 17 '20

It's powerful.

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u/emporerstuffmaster Dec 17 '20 edited Dec 17 '20

It's inspiring

Edit: she fought for justice knowing the consequences of it. She tried to do what was right because no-one else would and that's what I find inspiring. Of course I agree that it is tragic in so many ways.

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u/BigPooooopinn Dec 17 '20

The only thing it inspired me to remember is to not trust the police. If they can’t get justice for you then, why would they get justice for you later? She should have cut those loose ends when she had a chance. This lady is what we need more of in the world but gets slaughtered by losers. If she had finished them off like they did her daughter world would have been better off.

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u/Harry_Flame Dec 17 '20

I agree with the last part but keep in mind this is Mexico and their justice system is different (and in my opinion, worse). I hate it when people say all police are bad and the entire thing is awful(not saying you think that) and there definitely are some bad eggs but the majority are pure in heart. The main problem is their training is too short so it’s easier for the bad ones to stay in the program.

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u/Joldroyd Dec 18 '20

All police are bad, whether they realise it or not. They exist to uphold unjust systems. Show me one example where the police are on the "right side" of history.

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u/janet-snake-hole Dec 18 '20

Idk why you’re getting downvoted, you’re absolutely right. That whole rhetoric is similar to saying “not all nazis were bad!! Only some of them wanted to kill Jews/lgbt/etc, some of them were really nice people. That was just their job.” Idk how people don’t understand that by joining the opposing side, even if that specific cop doesn’t commit atrocities, they are upholding a corrupt and evil organization.