Beheadings shake W. Mexico town
Villagers fear drug cartel violence has spread to Ixtlahuacan
By DUDLEY ALTHAUS
Copyright 2009 Houston Chronicle
March 14, 2009, 10:08PM

IXTLAHUACAN DEL RIO, Mexico — And now the violence has come to this small town on the high arid mesa outside Guadalajara, where five heads were tucked neatly into cheap coolers and adorned with menacing messages.

“I’m going to finish all of them off just like these,â€