Marisol Macías Castañeda, also appearing as Maria Elizabeth Macías Castro in media reports and known for her online name "NenaDLaredo" or "La Nena De Laredo," (c. 1972 – 24 September 2011), was a Mexican editor-in-chief for Primera Hora in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico and posted information about drug activities online.
Nuevo Laredo en Vivo had become a site where people could announce to others about the dangers of drug violence and inform police.
[10] Although she held an administrative post at the newspaper, she also wrote about drug trafficking for social media websites such as Twitter and Nuevo Laredo en Vivo.
While writing on the social media websites, she targeted the criminal groups around her area, namely the Los Zetas drug cartel who are predominantly found in north and northeast Mexico and even in Laredo, Texas.
[6] The Zetas left a note next to her body which translated reads, "OK Nuevo Laredo en Vivo and social media sites.
[10] The Mexican drug cartels have scared journalists into a state of silence, and Marisol Macías had found a new tool to get the information out to the public.
[19] The website Nuevo Laredo en Vivo created its own memorial by posting a banner with her user name and the message, "You'll always be present.