STOP THE PRESSES, PEOPLE! PUT DOWN YOUR SNACKS, STOP SCROLLING ON TIKTOK, AND HOLD ON TO YOUR CHAIRS BECAUSE THIS IS NOT A DRILL! WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO READ WILL CHILL YOU AND MAKE YOU LOSE ALL DESIRE TO GO OUT AT NIGHT.
EXPLOSIVE TITLE: OUR HEARTS BROKE INTO A THOUSAND PIECES! THE CRUELEST END FOR “THE GUY WITH THE ETERNAL SMILE.” THE SEWER OF HORROR BEHIND THE MYSTERIOUS “…SEE MORE” THAT HAD US ON THE VERGE OF A HEART ATTACK IS UNCOVERED. IT WASN’T JUST ANY ROBBERY, IT WAS A DATE WITH DEATH IN THE DARKEST PLACE IN THE CITY!
SHOCKING SUBTITLE: Did your phone also vibrate in the middle of the night with that incomplete notification that made your heart stop? Did you feel that pit in your stomach when you saw the photo of that young man so full of life and read the censored words “young without life”? You weren’t alone, buddy! Millions fell into the anguish of clicking “…See more.” But your humble servant, the intrepid neighborhood reporter, delved deep into the heart of the crime beat to bring you the real deal, uncensored and unfiltered. Get ready for a shock, because the truth behind that smiling photo is an urban nightmare that could happen to any of us.
BY: “THE MACHINE BUMPER” RAMÍREZ / METROPOLITAN RED CHRONICLE (FROM THE PLACE WHERE EVEN THE DEVIL ASKS PERMISSION TO ENTER).
CITY OF FURY (WHERE DREAMS TURN INTO NIGHTMARES IN THE BLINK).–
What’s up, my gossipy crew, and today, more than ever, with Jesus on our lips and rosary in our hands!
Admit it, bro. You saw it too. You were there, about to pass out, when your phone screen lit up with this guy’s face. Full beard, ear-to-ear grin, innocent look. And below, the text that gave us a sugar crash: “This young man with no life was found near… See more . ”
Ah, that damn “…See more”! Those three dots, the Devil himself! They’re the perfect bait for our Mexican minds, always thinking about tragedy, always waiting for the next blow. Near where? Near their house? The subway? Some seedy dive? The uncertainty gnawed at us more than inflation.
Who was this kid? What happened to him? Why did his smile disappear so suddenly? People on social media started speculating. “He was probably up to no good,” said the usual envious ones. “Poor kid, he seemed like a good guy,” said the worried aunts.
But here, at your trusted source, we don’t engage in petty gossip. We decided we’d had enough of living with the uncertainty. I grabbed my vest (the reporter’s vest, not the bulletproof one, though I should have worn it), entrusted myself to the Virgin Mary, and headed to the epicenter of the pain to find out what the hell had happened.
And what did we find, my people? Hold on tight, because reality is more twisted than a mountain road!
THE PROTAGONIST OF THE TRAGEDY: WHO WAS THE “SMILKY GUY”?
First things first. We must name this pain so that it is not just another statistic in this country of mass graves. The young man in the photo, the one who smiled at us, oblivious to his fatal destiny, was named Roberto “Beto” Mondragón .
Beto wasn’t a thug, so you all stop judging him. Beto was a 24-year-old accounting student at the public university, one of those guys who worked his butt off at a call center on weekends to help his mom with expenses. He was the life of the family parties, the one who always had a bad joke on the tip of his tongue, the one who dreamed of opening his own office and getting his family out of the neighborhood.
His only “sin,” if you can call it that in this concrete jungle, was trusting. Trusting that people are good. Trusting that an “easy business” on the internet didn’t have to end in bloodshed.
A BLIND DATE WITH DESTINY: THE DEADLY DECEPTION
It turns out Beto had been saving for months to buy a motorcycle. He wanted to get to university faster and stop suffering on public transport. He saw an offer on Facebook Marketplace: a nearly new motorcycle at a price that seemed like a godsend.
A GRAVE MISTAKE, MY PEOPLE! WHEN THE ALMS ARE LARGE, EVEN THE SAINT IS SUSPICIOUS!
The supposed seller, a fake profile with stolen photos, arranged to meet him to “show him the vehicle and close the deal.” The location? This is where the mystery of the “…See more” comes in. It wasn’t in a shopping mall, it wasn’t outside a bank.
The appointment was yesterday, Tuesday, at 7:00 p.m., just as the sun sets and the city’s shadows lengthen and become dangerous. Beto, excited and with his savings in his backpack, told his family: “I’ll be right back, Mom, I’m going for my dream.” Those were the last words his mother heard from him.
THE REVELATION OF “…SEE MORE”: THE CURSED PLACE WHERE TIME STOPPED!
Guys, the place where they found our buddy Beto is the key to all this horror. It’s the detail that the mainstream media didn’t dare to publish in full for fear of scaring their audience.
Beto’s lifeless body was found this morning, lying face down among rubble, garbage, and the neglect of the authorities, NEAR THE DRAINAGE CANAL, ON THE INVISIBLE AND DANGEROUS BOUNDARIES BETWEEN GUSTAVO A. MADERO AND THE STATE OF MEXICO.
Right there! In that no man’s land where the streetlights don’t work, where the stench of decay makes you dizzy, and where cries for help are carried away by the wind. A place known to the police as a “body dump” and to the neighbors as “the lion’s den.”
THE CHRONICLE OF THE DISCOVERY: A DANTESQUE SCENE
It was some scavengers who gave the tip. Around 5:00 AM, while searching through the trash for something to sell, they spotted a pair of brand-new white sneakers sticking out of a pile of dirt and rubble. They were the sneakers Beto had worn to his date.
When the patrols arrived, with their light bars painting the darkness of the canal blue and red, they confirmed the nightmare.
The scene, my friends, was enough to make you scream with pure rage. Beto had no bullet wounds, nor any stab wounds visible at first glance. The experts say, unofficially, that it was a sharp blow to the back of the neck, a treacherous attack, that extinguished his light. A cowardly execution from behind.
And the backpack with the savings? GONE! And the cell phone? DISAPPEARED! And the “almost new” motorcycle? A COMPLETE LIE!
It was a deadly trap. A perfectly laid “bed” set by vultures who prey on honest people online. They lured him with the promise of a dream and then abandoned him, as if he were worthless, in the most inhospitable corner of the city.
A MOTHER’S PAIN: THE CRY THAT ECHOES THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD
The worst part of this job isn’t seeing the blood, it’s seeing the tears of those left behind. When Doña Rosa, Beto’s mother, arrived at the morgue to identify the body, her heart-wrenching scream could be heard all the way to the street.
“They killed my child! They stole him for a few pesos! Cursed be those who extinguished his smile!” the woman shouted, supported by neighbors who didn’t know what to say to console her.
How do you explain to a mother that her son, the good student, the hard worker, ended his days in an illegal dump because of the greed of some heartless people?
THE BLOODY MORAL: WAKE UP, MEXICO, THEY’RE HUNTING US!
That viral headline, that “Young man found dead near… See more,” wasn’t just cheap sensationalism, folks. It was a warning written in the blood of an innocent.
Today, Beto Mondragón no longer smiles. Today, a family is broken forever. Today, the crime statistics add another number that will be forgotten tomorrow by the next political scandal.
But we haven’t forgotten. And we’re telling you, you who keep looking for deals online, you who trust strangers: Watch out, bro! In this city, naivety costs you your life.
Are you going to buy or sell something? Do it in a shopping center, inside a bank, or in front of a police station! Never go alone! Never go to places you don’t know, especially not at night!
Beto’s story is a brutal reminder that danger is not only in seedy bars, but in the palm of your hand, on your cell phone, disguised as a “unique opportunity”.
We demand justice for Beto, even though we know that in this country justice is slower than payday Friday traffic. But we will not be silenced.
WE WILL CONTINUE REPORTING FROM THE TRENCHES OF PAIN AND RAGE! SHARE THIS SO NO ONE ELSE FALLS INTO THE TRAP! MAY GOD FIND US PREPARED AND WITH OUR EYES WIDE OPEN!