Eets a living, joo know?
Posted on 09/27/2006 6:51:10 AM PDT by Kitten Festival
MEXICO CITY - To send a chilling message to their underworld rivals, Mexican drug cartels are adopting a method of intimidation made notorious by Middle Eastern terrorist groups.
At least 26 people have been decapitated in Mexico this year, with heads stuck on fences, dumped in trash piles and -- most recently -- tossed onto a nightclub dance floor.
Although beheading goes back centuries as a form of execution, it has become the latest tactical escalation of an ongoing turf war that gets nastier all the time, with hit men looking for new ways to instill fear.
"Before, they tortured the hell out of people, but they didn't throw their heads out in public," said James Kuykendall, a retired U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent. "Whatever they did, they did not do this -- they did not impale them on the side of the road."
Why cartels are using this form of murder and mutilation now is anyone's guess.
(Excerpt) Read more at dfw.com ...
But DOG THE BOUNTY HUNTER is Mexico's most wanted.
Go figure.
BTTT for "Visit Mexico Soon Campaign".....;^)
what happened to the simple Columbian bow-tie?
Or the stuff they did in El Salvador?
Eets a living, joo know?
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