Three Cases of Narrative Journalism in Mexico Promoted by the Crisis of Governmental Institutions

Mexico has lost part of the credibility and trust in some government institutions because they do not respond to their needs, and are overwhelmed with areas related to corruption, justice and security. In those cases narrative journalism has described the injustices and consequences of the crisis that represent that weakness. This text analyzes three pieces that exemplify it: El cartel de Sinaloa by Diego Enrique Osorno (2009), La fosa de agua by Lydiette Carrión (2017), and La estafa maestra by Nayeli Roldán, Miriam Castillo and Manuel Ureste (2018). These selections respond to the relevance and public recognition, because in addition to timely, they have turned to a comparative parameter that has become part of the everyday language. The hermeneutical method is used to it’s logic form: interpretation of the text, consideration of the context and conclusion, which it concludes with a generation of categories for the three cases: elements of complaint, evidence, testimonies, follow-up and metaphors, so they can be analyzed as a set of pieces belonging to a Mexican context. It is concluded that the weakening of institutions in Mexico with lower rating indices due to abuse of authority, lack of results and excess corruption, for example, the increased of a power void that triggered part of the narrative journalism, and which also reflects the consequences of that crisis.