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Severed heads thought linked to drug turf war over Nuevo Laredo, Mexico
The Dallas Morning News, via The Contra Costa Times ^ | 1 July 2006 | Laurence Iliff

Posted on 07/04/2006 2:36:34 AM PDT by Bangupjob

MEXICO CITY - The red tide of narco killings continued in the resort city of Acapulco, Mexico, this week, with the severed heads of two men discovered Friday, officials said. A day earlier, another head was found on the stairs of City Hall.

All bore messages directed at the Nuevo Laredo-based Zetas, the enforcement arm of the Gulf cartel that operates along the Mexico-Texas border. The Zetas are in a vicious turf war with the Sinaloa cartel, named for the central Mexican state where it is based.

The message found with the first decapitated head, discovered in a black plastic bag Thursday, was for Heriberto Lazcano, the reputed leader of the Zetas. It referred to Zeta attacks against the Sinaloa cartel in Acapulco.

"Loscano (sic), keep sending me more of your idiot (soldiers) so they learn some respect," said the message left next to the plastic bag. It ended with the letter "z," pronounced "zeta" in Spanish.

"It's an act of provocation," said Acapulco Mayor Felix Salgado. "I've received death threats, and not just now, but for some time," he told reporters.

In January, Acapulco police killed four suspected Sinaloa cartel members in a shootout at a busy intersection not far from the tourist zone.

(Excerpt) Read more at contracostatimes.com ...