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| The bloodthirsty terror tactics of Mexico's cartels: How ruthless drug gangs punish their enemies and spread fear from mass beheadings to CANNIBALISM - after nine students were found with hands hacked off | |
| 2025-03-11 | |
| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] The gruesome discovery of nine bodies and a bag filled with their severed hands on a Mexican highway last week had cartel violence written all over it. The group of students – five men and four women – had allegedly taken part in a series of muggings and thefts in Oaxaca, seemingly angering one of the drug-selling criminal groups that operates in the area. They were abducted, tortured and murdered for their foray into their rivals' territory, according to an insider, while their alleged boss was shot dead with a haunting note pinned to his body - 'This is what you get for being a thief.' Sounds reasonable Mexico's notorious criminal gangs have long employed bloodthirsty tactics to punish their enemies - with the hacking off of hands widely known to be the go-to retribution inflicted on thieves. Their terror methods include the severing of heads, public hangings, the kidnap and killing of small children, ruthless drone warfare and even sadistic cannibal initiation rituals. In the social media age, image is everything - and the cartels often broadcast ever-more violent ways in order to intimidate those who would stand between them and their trade. This is the horrifying reality endured by millions of people in Mexico, caught in the crossfire as cartels jostle for control over lucrative drug corridors, while others are lured to become thieves and drug traffickers before meeting a grizzly end. Here, MailOnline explores some of the methods the cartels use to instill fear in their rivals, citizens and officials.
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| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #2 Just some random students... There are rules to the game and Cartels make them very clear. I doubt there was any misunderstanding to the causes that led to the "students" misfortune. "The group of students – five men and four women – had allegedly taken part in a series of muggings and thefts in Oaxaca, seemingly angering one of the drug-selling criminal groups that operates in the area." |
| Posted by: mossomo 2025-03-11 12:32 |
| #1 Never go full Aztec. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2025-03-11 09:20 |