Posted on 06/07/2006 10:12:34 PM PDT by Bangupjob
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Workers clearing piles of garbage from a beach in Acapulco found an unpleasant reminder of the seamier side of Mexico's Pacific resort, which has seen dozens of murders this year -- a decomposing human head.
The head washed in from the ocean and appeared to be that of a man around 40 years old, Reforma newspaper said on its Web site on Wednesday. The head was discovered by state workers cleaning the beach.
Police believe the slayings are related to drugs trafficking.
In April suspected drug gang hitmen decapitated two policemen and placed their heads outside local government offices, apparently in retaliation for a crackdown on crime.
The resort, once popular as an exotic escape for Hollywood stars in the 1950s, is in the middle of a bloody turf war between cartels fighting for control of the lucrative local drug trade.
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Jimmy Hoffa?
Man, I've been going to the beach for years and I haven't even found a sharktooth! Some people have all the luck.
Mexico. Land of hidden treasures. Enjoy your stay.
I remember being out in the ocean after midnight (yes, dumb) near Acapulco...but even my worst nightmares thereafter never included running into a human head bobbing around in the waves.
Good thing you were swimming at night, you never know what you would have seen!
You missed the bobblehead show!
the rest of the body was located in Chicago working in construction under the name Juan Smith.
How did they know the head was from a 40 yr. old guy?
They counted the rings..thank you and good night.
Gee, the only thing I found in Michigan was a Petosky stone.
Anyone planning a "vacation" to Mexico anytime soon?
We used to go fairly often, but we haven't been there since '94. Now, we wouldn't go for any reason. It's just too dangerous and we don't want to give even tacit support to the government of Mexico.
ROTFLMAO!! Good one.
Buh-duh-bump!
To be honest, I wouldn't mind a little head on the beach....
A shame it wasn't Hugo Chavez's.
"Good thing you were swimming at night, you never know what you would have seen!"
Shhhh...do you know how many times I've wondered about what was swimming around me that night? :)
LOL...that made (what's left of) my day.
So THAT's where I left it.
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