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Caribbean-Latin America
Severed heads tossed on street in western Mexico
2006-10-08
Police found the severed heads of two men tossed on a street in front a car dealership in the western Mexico state of Michoacan on Saturday, state prosecutors reported. A sign made of cutout newsprint letters found next to the severed heads said, "Dear Comrades, the Michoacan Family aren't extortionists, PS, I am waiting for your next call."

The bodies of the men - one a former federal police officer - were found dumped on the side of a dirt road in Zitacuaro, about 100 kilometers west of Mexico City, prosecutors said. The sign was similar to one left next to five severed heads tossed into a bar in another Michoacan city, Uruapan, on September 6. That sign read: "The family doesn't kill for money. It doesn't kill women. It doesn't kill innocent people, only those who deserve to die."
Posted by:Fred

#12  There was a last week?????
Posted by: lotp   2006-10-08 19:31  

#11  2004? Quick-growing cult. My apologies for not remembering that article...sh*t. I can't remember last week
Posted by: Frank G   2006-10-08 19:14  

#10  Don't know much about it, but a quick google pulled up newspaper articles about adherents of the cult in Arizona and San Diego.
Posted by: lotp   2006-10-08 18:49  

#9  I live in San Diego, and I've never heard of it. Maybe I'm ignorant, but it's news here. How big could it be, then?
Posted by: Frank G   2006-10-08 18:33  

#8  For those of you who haven't heard of it, the "Santa Muerte" (St. Death) cult in Mexico is growing by leaps and bounds.

Saint Death can be either male or female. When male, he is frequently dressed as a grim reaper with a scythe and scales (the scales may be reminiscent of St. Michael); when female, Santa Muerte is dressed in a long white satin gown and a golden crown (Muerte and the related Romance words have a feminine gender).

In this form, many devotees view her as a variation of the Virgin Mary.

In either case, it is a throwback to Aztec religion. It is disregarded by the Catholic church, and its chapels are sometimes shot at by non-believers.

The reason I mention this is that the Santa Muerte cult could evolve into a death cult along the lines of the Thugee of India. Initially they would seek to "purge" Mexico of whoever the cult fixated on as undesireables.

That could get pretty Aztec ugly.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2006-10-08 17:33  

#7  Reminds me of an old Benny Hill gag:

"What's that in the road? A head?"
Posted by: Mike   2006-10-08 15:41  

#6  Severed heads tossed on street in western Mexico

heh finally some work!
Posted by: Dr Ferdie Pacheco   2006-10-08 14:51  

#5  We're Baaack!
Posted by: Los Aztecas   2006-10-08 10:13  

#4  Well this is troubling. Car dealerships here usually just want an arm and a leg.
Posted by: GORT   2006-10-08 09:56  

#3  IIRC, one italian mafia (can't remember if it's the N'dranghetta or the Cosa Nostra or the Camorra or whatever) has supposedly the habit of using severed heads from prostitutes working for other groups to signal it is in slight disagreement with that said group. At least, from what I've read.
Organized crime really brings out the best in its members, be it in Italy or Mexico.
Posted by: anonymous5089   2006-10-08 07:45  

#2  I doubt that dealership will be running another Fatwah Friday Sale.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-10-08 06:21  

#1  Bowling for dollars reaches Mexico.
Posted by: Zenster   2006-10-08 04:32  

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