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To: tejek who wrote (576081)7/12/2010 9:36:10 PM
From: Brumar89  Respond to of 1584437
 
That was hotair posting an AP story.



To: tejek who wrote (576081)7/12/2010 9:37:33 PM
From: Brumar89  Respond to of 1584437
 
TIME Magazine: Behind Mexico's Wave of Beheadings

By Ioan Grillo / Mexico City Monday, Sep. 08, 2008
time.com

A stack of corpses, part of 11 decapitated bodies bearing signs of torture, lie in a suburb of Merida in eastern Mexico

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The biggest mass beheading in recent history caused widespread revulsion in Mexico but little surprise. Decapitations have become as commonplace in the increasingly vicious narco turf battles as stabbings are in London. During August alone, gangsters hacked off 30 craniums across the country — adding to the total of almost 200 BEHEADINGS in 2008 so far. Heads have been stuck on crosses, shoved into iceboxes and left in car trunks along with snakes.

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To: tejek who wrote (576081)7/12/2010 9:38:50 PM
From: Brumar892 Recommendations  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1584437
 
Why are BEHEADINGS so popular with Mexico's drug gangs?

By Tim Johnson | McClatchy Newspapers April 1, 2010
mcclatchydc.com

CUERNAVACA, Mexico — The preferred form of cruelty by drug cartel henchmen is to capture enemies and behead them, a once-shocking act that has now become numbingly routine.

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