Thread: Mexican gangs hang rivals from city bridges... GRAPHIC

Mexican war on drugs reaches new low as drug gangs hang rival members from city-centre bridges

By Richard Hartley-parkinson
Last updated at 2:04 PM on 6th June 2011
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They are the gruesome images that are testament to the trouble that has hit one Mexican city which has become a flashpoint for the war on drugs.

Two young men, cut down in the prime of their life, were left hanging from a pedestrian bridge as warring drugs cartels continue to fight in Monterrey

One of the men was was missing a foot and had been stripped down to just his underwear while the other's clothes were splattered with blood.


Warning: One of the men has had a foot chopped off while the other has clothes that are spattered with blood

Their bodies were discovered early yesterday morning and both had placards that said: 'This happened to them for supporting the CDG [Gulf cartel].'

The manufacturing city where they were found has changed dramatically over the last four years. With a population of 4million people, it has gone from being a model for developing economies to a symbol of Mexico's drug war chaos.

It has been sucked down into a dark spiral of gangland killings, violent crime and growing lawlessness.

Trouble has escalated since late 2006 when President Felipe Calderon launched an army-led war on the cartels. In that time, grenade attacks, beheadings, firefights and drive-by killings have surged.

The city is home to some of Latin America's biggest companies and average incomes are double the Mexican average.


Both men had signs next to them that said 'This happened to them for supporting the CDG (Gulf cartel)'. Right, a forensics team removes one of the victims

Across the country almost 40,000 people have now been killed since 2006 and Monterrey's violence has risen to the point that questions are being raised over the government's ability to maintain order and ensure its viability.

Although Mexico City has avoided most of the troubles, killings have started in the second city of Guadalajara.

If the cartels were to declare war in the capital, Monterrey's experience shows that Mexico's long-neglected police and judiciary are not equipped to handle it.

Javier Astaburuaga, chief financial officer at Latin American drinks maker, Femsa, said: 'If we can't deal with the problem in Monterrey, with all the resources and the people have here, then it is a serious concern for the rest of Mexico.'

Since the beginning of this year, 600 people have been killed already - in the whole of 2010 there were 620 deaths.


Rescue workers cut the chain from which one of the men was hanged from the bridge

Among them are local mayors, innocent civilians - including a housewife caught in crossfire, a newlywed systems engineer killed by soldiers on his way to work and a young design student who was killed in one of the city's busiest shopping streets.

Hanging people from bridges happens with increasing regularity and is designed to intimidate.

On New Year's eve, gunmen hanged a woman from a road bridge. Severed heads have been dumped outside kindergartens and traffic police have been shot as they guide children across roads.

On two days in April, a record 30 people were killed in shootouts, mainly hitmen and police, but also a student run down and fatally wounded when a police officer fled from gunmen.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... idges.html

This was also pictured in the M3 report I posted today, except the pics were not blurred out. They need to stop blurring the pics because as shocking as they are they also serve as a big wake up call to what is happening down there.

Every chance I get I tell others of how people are being skinned alive down there and they look at me in disbelief.

Michelle Obama Declares It Is Safe To Travel To Mexico

VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBwf5Z4F ... r_embedded

Michelle Obama Declares it Safe to Travel to Mexico Here is video of First Lady Michelle Obama in an interview from Mexico City, where she declared it to be safe to travel to Mexico. She said she would encourage Americans to come to Mexico. This despite the fact that 30,000 people have been MURDERED in drug violence in Mexico in the last three years.

These people are sick and free to come to this country at any time!

And they don't care who sees them-even small children who may have permanent "issues" from the shock....

If we don't stick to our guns and fight illegal immigration soon this could be happening here in the States!
Politicians are blind and have no idea of the reality that gang and drug crimes are!

Originally Posted by HAPPY2BME

Michelle Obama Declares It Is Safe To Travel To Mexico

VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBwf5Z4F ... r_embedded

Michelle Obama Declares it Safe to Travel to Mexico Here is video of First Lady Michelle Obama in an interview from Mexico City, where she declared it to be safe to travel to Mexico. She said she would encourage Americans to come to Mexico. This despite the fact that 30,000 people have been MURDERED in drug violence in Mexico in the last three years.

Safe for her,maybe...us ...not so much

Isn't rope cheaper than chain?