She Stalked Her Daughter's Killers Across Mexico, One by One

[Zorro]

Armed with a handgun, a fake ID card and disguises, Miriam Rodríguez was a one-woman detective squad, defying a system where criminal impunity often prevails.

Miriam Rodríguez clutched a pistol in her purse as she ran past the morning crowds on the bridge to Texas. She stopped every few minutes to catch her breath and study the photo of her next target: the florist.

She had been hunting him for a year, stalking him online, interrogating the criminals he worked with, even befriending unwitting relatives for tips on his whereabouts. Now she finally had one — a widow called to tell her that he was peddling flowers on the border.

Ever since 2014, she had been tracking the people responsible for the kidnapping and murder of her 20-year-old daughter, Karen. Half of them were already in prison, not because the authorities had cracked the case, but because she had pursued them on her own, with a meticulous abandon.

She cut her hair, dyed it and disguised herself as a pollster, a health worker and an election official to get their names and addresses. She invented excuses to meet their families, unsuspecting grandmothers and cousins who gave her details, however small. She wrote everything down and stuffed it into her black computer bag, building her investigation and tracking them down, one by one.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/13/world/americas/miriam-rodriguez-san-fernando.html

[XanaDUer2]

1. Amazing woman nt

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[Zorro]

2. And she ended up getting murdered in retaliation

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Life is pretty harsh in some places in Mexico.

[Warpy]

8. I think it was because they knew she wouldn't stop going after them

Dealing with two legged predators is the toughest job. It's amazing to me that she got them all and even more amazing that she found a few honest cops to help her.

Life has always been tough there, but exporting meth manufacture made it ten times worse.

[Skittles]

3. a tough read

[Joinfortmill]

4. Wow

[Pepsidog]

5. Jennifer Garner starred in a movie with a similar premises.

[Joinfortmill]

6. Wow

[LiberalLovinLug]

7. K & R

Worth reading through the story.
I can see this made into a movie