The site is divided into sections such as "Real Death Pictures," "Real Death Videos," and "War & Combat Footage".
: Does hosting these videos strip the victims of their humanity? Desensitization El Vago Documenting Reality
The site’s tagline and El Vago’s sparse public statements emphasize a single, provocative argument: He posits that news media, social platforms, and even funeral traditions have sterilized dying, turning it into an abstract statistic. By uploading uncensored content—from cartel executions to car crashes and suicides—El Vago claims he is restoring the visceral truth of human fragility. The site is divided into sections such as
: By showing the unedited reality of cartel violence, these sites strip away the "glamour" sometimes seen in TV shows like Educational/Forensic Use Ethical and Psychological Impact
Critics argue that these platforms exploit tragedy for profit and desensitize viewers to extreme violence. Proponents, however, sometimes claim that such media provides a necessary, unfiltered look at global conflicts that sanitized news reports often ignore. Ethical and Psychological Impact