Mexican Drug Cartel Leaves Sack of Severed Human Heads Near Elementary School
- Posted on September 29, 2011 at 1:54pm by
Liz Klimas
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Five severed human heads were found outside a Mexican elementary school Tuesday in the latest escalation in gruesome drug cartel violence.
State police said the heads, which appear to be male, were found in a sack along with a handwritten message threatening three alleged drug traffickers. Headless bodies found elsewhere in the city a day earlier were too badly burned to immediately determine their gender and make a possible match.
Watch Reuters’ report on the recent violence:
It‘s unclear whether the grisly discovery is related to extortion threats that led about 140 elementary schools in the city to temporarily close earlier this month after teachers and parents decided it wasn’t safe enough to start classes.
Last week, 35 bodies were found in Veracruz, Mexico. Over the weekend, a journalist was found decapitated after she used social media to cover cartel violence.
A Mexican forensic worker turns over the body of a man next to a charred vehicle in the Pacific resort city of Acapulco. (AP Photo/Bernandino Hernandez)
The Daily Mail reports that the note contained threats toward three alleged drug traffickers and Guerro State Governor Angel Aguierre:
The message, in an apparently sarcastic tone, told people to thank the governor for continuing ‘this war’.
Earlier this week, the Mexican government reported it was investigating two videos posted on the Internet of masked men who were stating were taking action against the violent Zetas drug cartel themselves, but the government opposes this vigilante method.
In the most recent video, posted over the weekend, the group says it is attacking the Zetas because people are tired of the gang’s kidnappings and extortion.
“We are the armed wing of the people, and for the people,” says a man with a ski mask, who is seen in the video sitting at a table with four other masked associates and reading from a prepared statement. “We are anonymous warriors, with faces, but proudly Mexican.” The speaker said his group was prohibited by its ethical code from carrying out kidnappings or extortion.
No group has formally claimed responsibility for that video, but the language and style of the declaration were similar to a video released in July, in which about two dozen armed men claimed to be “Mata Zetas” from the Jalisco Nueva Generacion cartel, or New Generation cartel, a group linked to the Sinaloa cartel.
The Interior Department said in a statement Monday night that the Attorney General’s office “has opened an investigation into the videos that express the aforementioned ideas and are circulating on the Internet.”
“While it is true that the criminal organization known as the Zetas should be defeated, that must occur by legal means and never by methods outside the law,” the statement said.
While Mexican video-sharing sites and blogs frequently feature alleged statements by cartels, the “Mata Zetas” videos are being taken more seriously after a gang dumped 35 bound, seminude, tortured bodies on a busy avenue in front of horrified motorists in the Gulf coast city of Veracruz.
All 35 victims were linked to the Zetas cartel, and the killers were believed to be from the New Generation gang, said an official of the Mexican armed forces who couldn’t be quoted by name for security reasons.
In addition, over the weekend, a newspaper editor was decapitated for what Amnesty International said Monday was for her speaking out against the drug cartels on social media networks. According to CNN, this is the fourth journalist to be killed this year in Mexico.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Comments (87)
babylonvi
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:57pmMexico is a failed state. The US shadow government has done their part. ATF running guns to selected drug cartels, DEA and CIA aiding and abetting selected cartels and attacking others, all part of the globalist plan to bring down the USA and the Western Hemisphere.
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on September 30, 2011 at 3:52am“Mexican” must mean “terrorist”.
Report Post »Pigfarmer
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:55pmCommin to America
Report Post »TraceyM
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 3:54pmAlready here
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 7:55pmCourtesy of the CIA and BATFE.
Report Post »ROMANS 10-9
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:54pm2012
Report Post »Start arresting for all drug related crimes in the US,
Stop paroling drug offenders early,
Create jobs by building new drug prisons in the desert,
raise the cost of breaking the drug related laws,
Create fence building jobs on the border,
start planting rumers that one cartel is dising the other,
turn them against each other, stand back and watch…
or
Send Special Forces and the Seals into Mexico,
Blazer123
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 3:08pmWWJD Romans 10:9? Lock em all up and throw away the key, right? Wrong!
I assume you believe drug use is a sin, but against whom? The user’s own body. Should we also send adulterers to prison? What about people who look lustfully at someone who is not their spouse? They just broke one of the 10 commandments.
Lets amend the 10 commandments to include “Thou shall not smoke”
Report Post »MidWestMom
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 3:37pm@Blazer123
Yes, lock them up. Last I checked it’s against the law in this country to traffic in, sell or have in your possession illegal drugs.
Doesn’t matter if someone believes drug use is a sin or not , doesn’t matter that you have the right to do what you wish with your body. The law is still the law. You break the law, you pay the penalty. Don’t like it, write your congressman or the president.
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 6:39pmOR We could just elect Ron Paul and let all drugs be legal, the cartels would have to follow all the government regulations to do business with American Citizens and they’d just go broke trying to comply with all the regulations and move their business to Asia like the rest of American Business.
Report Post »Fasticious, but that’s the way the R P supporters would see it.
BUILD THE FENCE! CHECK ID’S AND RUN THEM THROUGH CRIME DATA BASES! I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH PERMITTING THE SCHOOL CHILDREN COMING HERE, LET’S INCREASE THE SPEED AND AVAILABILITY OF LEGAL IMMIGRATION, WHILE SCREENING CAREFULLY TO MAKE SURE WE’RE NOT LETTING THEM (These brutes.) IN! THEN LET’S SEND SHERRIF JOE SOME NATIONAL GUARD (Fully equipped!) AND CLEAN UP THESE PEOPLE FROM OUR SIDE FIRST THEN HELP THEM ON THEIR SIDE!
OneofMany
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 8:05pmLegalize drugs and actually PUNISH people who commit crimes! If a guy wants to shoot heroine all day in his house, let him…. but if he steals to support his habit, make him pay 4 times what he stole. If he steals with a weapon, charge him for attempted murder!
Stop punishing people for what they do with their own bodies… OR ELSE start putting people away from drinking alcohol, having possession of alcohol, selling alcohol…etc.. The HYPOCRISY is outrageous.!
Report Post »Av8r1969
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 9:27pmdouche bag
Report Post »Akbarjonnie Shaheed
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:51pmAmerica if you don’t soon get with the program on the boarder, they will soon be making a path to your door for their political head collection.
Report Post »PATTY HENRY
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:51pmHAS this ever gone on before? WHY is anyone still going to MEXICO to “vacation”? Can’t we demand that the MEXICAN Armed forces keep those thugs in MEXICO? HAVE WE ALL GONE NUTS?!
Report Post »KidCharlemagne
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 3:04pm“HAS this ever gone on before?”
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Yes:
“Bootleg alcohol is what fueled the work of Organized crime. Most of the men involved in the Mafia or gangs were young immigrants. The business of bootleg alcohol was highly profitable for everyone involved which often fueled the Mafia or gang wars. By the late 1920′s more than 1 million gallons of bootleg liquor had been illegally brought into the United States. Most of the alcohol came in either through Canada or from ships that were located just beyond U.S. waters.”
Report Post »BetsyRoss1513
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 4:04pmThis is why legalization of certain substances – such as cannabis – will at least take some of the fire off.
Report Post »Then – boots on the ground. This is a war – that is inching it’s way North – and we sit here, on our hands, not allowed to take action against this horrible corrupt invasion, while our government officials smoke big fat cigars and tear into juicy steaks and ENDORSE this cr*p! When we’re done puZZy-footing around, perhaps the government will be asking US to save THEM.
Mil Mom
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 6:48pm@PATTY HENRY
Report Post »Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:51pm
HAS this ever gone on before? WHY is anyone still going to MEXICO to “vacation”? Can’t we demand that the MEXICAN Armed forces keep those thugs in MEXICO? HAVE WE ALL GONE NUTS?!
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Probably the ones the Mexican Armed forces are constantly seen excorting across the border! They probably think that if they bring them here, there land will be more peaceful, AND OUR GOV. DEPTS ARE ARMING THEM FOR THIS WAR!
Akbarjonnie Shaheed
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:45pmDoes it look like a fast and furious track to the top? Doesn’t look good per insiders.
Report Post »Midwest Blonde
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:45pmI think it’s past time for the Government to get off their asses and put real troops in the border. protect us, screw Afghanistan!
Report Post »ipadguy
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 11:11pmAmen!
Report Post »Penn
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:42pmI’m against illegal immigration. I think we need a border fence. I want our NG on our borders, not Afghanistan’s. I’d like to see Predators taking out drug smugglers instead of Taliban. Even so, it’s hard to blame honest, hard working Mexicans for wanting to escape from the narco-terroristic state that Mexico has become…with special thanks to a whole lot of dope addicts in the USA.
Report Post »Imthatguywiththeface
Posted on September 30, 2011 at 1:31pmWhile i agree with your stance on disliking illegal immigration however, you say that its difficult to blame “honest, hard working immigrants” for the problems? I say if they were honest, they would have gone through the proper channels to become a citzen, or at the very least attain a work visa. The very act of crossing the border without having gone through the immigration process makes them violators of the law in the land they’re supposedly trying to make it in.
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:38pmWhat’s up with these backwards, hillbilly cultures and their inherent desire to cut people’s heads off? I never thought Mexicans would stoop to the level of a Muslim extremist, but it goes to show that people aren’t terribly bright these days.
Report Post »Todd P
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:37pmMaybe if we use US Taxpayer dollars to educate their children at a discount (which we don’t even give to out-of-state US Citizens), they‘ll learn not to cut people’s heads off? …..Nawwwww.
Report Post »babylonvi
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:51pmEducate them in Mexico, not here.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 8:58pmSi! Si! Gracias gringo. Mucho importante! Me no lingo beaner…
Report Post »texascav
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:34pmWar right on our border and what is anyone doing about it?
Report Post »Oh, yea, allowing the ATF to sell them better weapons, with our tax dollars.
Really makes sense doesn’t it.
Hey, if the ATF is giving out nice weapons, how about dropping a nice Barrett 50 cal at my gate and say throw in a 1000 rounds.
We could stop this crap along our border real easy if we wanted to.
Mil Mom
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 6:59pm@texascav
Report Post »Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:34pm
War right on our border and what is anyone doing about it?
Oh, yea, allowing the ATF to sell them better weapons, with our tax dollars.
Really makes sense doesn’t it.
Hey, if the ATF is giving out nice weapons, how about dropping a nice Barrett 50 cal at my gate and say throw in a 1000 rounds.
We could stop this crap along our border real easy if we wanted to.
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Maybe we’re looking at this all wrong! HOLDER HAS IT RIGHT, LET’S GIVE THEM WEAPONS, BUT WHY PIDDLE AROUND WITH ATF (et al. ) LET’S LET SOME HIGHLY TRAINED MILITARY PERSONALLY DELIVER SOME R*E*A*L FIREPOWER!!! (Their survivors may have a little trouble picking up the pieces and making them reuseable.) Afghanistan is proving we have the technology to minimize civilian danger!
TH30PH1LUS
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:33pm1. Fire Janet Napolitano.
Report Post »2. Seal the border.
3. Privatize deportation of illegals. Allow the Government to do what they do best = regulate and issue badges. But let Americans do what the Fad has failed to do = DEPORT.
4. Change the law – no more anchor babies.
ROMANS 10-9
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:57pmWe don’t need no Stinking Baddges!
Report Post »benzo13
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:20pmWhere are our toops to protect our closest neighbor?? What, is obama scared?? If we need to help any one its our closest neighbor. Where is Obama on this ?? Why is this not part of his campaign to stop the flow of drugs from mexico?? Oh yea, fast and furious. He is a part of the killing fields. Own that Mr. pres.!
Report Post »Grace1798
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:38pmThose who buy the drugs and those who pay for it are to blame on this score. IF they stopped buying illegal drugs, we could have a chance to save this country. No President can stop Americans from purchasing drugs and as long as they keep purchasing illegal drugs, the cartels will continue to come in because they are INVITED in by those who purchase their product. Can you really blame them?
Report Post »red1
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 3:04pmI was just talking about this with a friend of mine yesterday. He was born in the U.S. but his parents are from Mexico and he has family in Mexico. I told him that Mexico may need to ask for our help soon and my friend says Mexico would never ask for help because they are too proud and would never allow American troops on their soil.
He also told me about one of his cousins from Monterrey who drove to the U.S. to visit their children in Texas. They were stopped by a gang of thugs who stole their SUV. He has told me before that it isn’t safe to drive the roads because there are gangs who control the roads who will rob you.
Even if they won’t accept our help, I think we should offer it. I believe there have been more people killed in Mexico by the drug violence in the last 5 years than there have been Americans killed in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
Report Post »UrbanCombatSurvivor
Posted on September 30, 2011 at 12:03amI think they need to fight their own war, we shouldn’t run to their rescue. The people of that country aren’t allowed to own guns, and so long as they allow themselves to be dictated to in this manner no amount of help can change a damn thing down there.
This is what happens when you bow to animals, tyrants and dictators. They need to finally learn that lesson. When they do , they won’t need our help, they have the cartels outnumbered hundreds to one.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:19pmYou think Obama has re-election worries? How about Calderón?
Report Post »HappyHaloHousewife
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:17pmDo you suppose commenting on here is a risk? These news stories coming out about cartel violence are scaring the cr@p out of me. I am really leaning toward putting up the so-called fence.
Report Post »gmoneytx
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:15pmWell now I’m gonna cancel my trip to Alcapulco!
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:12pmLet’s all take time to thank the drug users in our community for these killings.
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:18pmVery correct. Anybody these days who uses drugs has blood on their hands for sure.
Report Post »KidCharlemagne
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:30pmOnce upon a time, then that’s exactly what was once said about people who use Budweiser:
“Not only did the number of serious crimes increase, but crime became organized. Criminal groups organize around the steady source of income provided by laws against victimless crimes such as consuming alcohol or drugs, gambling and prostitution. In the process of providing goods and services those criminal organizations resort to real crimes in defense of sales territories, brand names, and labor contracts. That is true of extensive crime syndicates (the Mafia) as well as street gangs, a criminal element that first surfaced during prohibition.”
Report Post »coshively
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:34pmyour welcome… To bad the pot I smoke is homegrown.
Report Post »Blazer123
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:42pmThat’s right, if you use cannabis you are a terrorist. Are you people really that dense?
Look up the dangers of Cialis, Vioxx, and Ambien then figure out why I shouldn’t be allowed to use cannabis. If it were legal we wouldn’t have smugglers because it can grow just about anywhere. The fact that you can’t patent a plant is the reason the drug companies lobby so heavily against legalization.
Say hi to your buddies at Merck for me Rick Perry
Report Post »miwi
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 4:45pmThank the PROGRESSIVES that made it Illegal.
Report Post »UrbanCombatSurvivor
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 11:59pm@Blazer123
While not taking a stance in agreement nor disagreement with you, I have to point out that your information is either incorrect, or patently false, depending on your intent and knowledge.
Plants not only *can* be patented, they have been many, MANY times. Check out genetically modified food and start reading if you‘d like to know what you’re talking about where this is concerned :)
As for legalizing “drugs”, I think, perhaps, legalization of pot is not at all the issue. The cartels aren’t chopping heads off by the tens of thousands over POT. They are, however, making plenty of money to supplement their narcotics trafficking with it, and most use pot as a staple go back when the heat is turned on after they do something like murdering border patrol agents.
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:12pmHopefully, calmer heads will prevail…
Report Post »YepImaConservative
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 6:45pmPun intended? LOL.
Report Post »ares338
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:10pmOh yeah!!! Let’s let more of these people into the country!
Report Post »Blazer123
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:09pmHow many trillions do we need to spend and how many have to die before we realize the war on drugs is a huge failure?
Report Post »eddvoss
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:13pmIt would help if we fought a REAL war on drugs. Legalizing them will not be the answer unless you make people who use them face the consequences.
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:14pmIt is wonderful that high people hurt other people on the factory floor or on the freeways. We need more of that
Report Post »Blazer123
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:26pmWalkabout, I assume you want to re institute prohibition of alcohol also because that worked really well. We should also ban cell phones because texting and driving has killed way more people than people getting high “in factories”.
What about french fries and Oreos? We‘d all be better off if we ate Moochelle’s carrot sticks instead. Some people get fat and become a burden on the health care system. Would you like to put them in fitness camps or just ration their food so they don’t overeat?
People should be held accountable for their actions. If you only believe in liberty for things you agree with you don’t believe in liberty at all.
Report Post »Grace1798
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:08pmThose who purchase ILLEGAL DRUGS in this country…….do you still believe it’s not harming anyone? Look at what your purchasing is doing. Stop buying the D*** stuff and this evil will end in our country. Stop feeding the devil.
Report Post »miwi
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 4:55pmAmericans grow it in their back yards.
Stop supporting progressive policies. It shouldn’t be illegal.
You learned nothing from the prohibition era.
The Drug War-mongers have set a buffet for the devil, and feed him sacrifices daily.
Report Post »vennoye
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:06pmHow’s that North American Union thingy working out for you, UN??????
Report Post »HKS
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:02pmDo you think Mexico could use a little help getting rid of these gangs instead of Eric Holder re-arming them.
Report Post »vennoye
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:11pmDo you not think if they really wanted them taken out, that they wouldn’t position a satellite on them, find their base of operation and send drones to take care of the problem????
Report Post »LastAmerican
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 8:54amYou are right vennoye, there are people at the top who get very rich because of this. I’ll bet we know right where they all are.
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:00pmTotal “anarchy” and soon to be here as a hybrid Marxist-Anarchist mix. 2A… stand your ground.
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 1:59pmIt is about time the people rise up and begin ridding themselves of these drug lord-murderers. Good for them. A little vigilantism would not hurt in the US also.
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