Saturday, August 30, 2008

Mexican Drug Cartels Murder Over 100 in Less Than A Week




In seven full days the bodies of over 130 people have mysteriously popped up in various places around the country of Mexico. All violently killed, many with their limbs tied together and their heads severed.

President Felipe Calderon cracked down on the exportation of drugs across the Mexico border nearly 21 months ago, and the county has since experienced a daily barage of violence.

Civil wars have broken out amongs drug cartels and the stakes are high. With closer watch by the government, criminals are fighting one another for control of smuggling routes.

On thursday 12 decapitated bodies were found in a pile near the The Yucatan peninsula. Hours later another body was found 80 miles away.

One week ago today, Mexico counted 136 murders in 18 states. There have also been open attacks upon peoples homes. Thursday, two gunmen proke into a house in the stateo of Guerrero and killed two women, and two childred ages 8 and 12. The police who stormed the home were ambushed, and all killed.

In Tijuana on Tuesday four headless bodies turned up.

Two weeks ago, a group of hitmen killed 13 people at a family reunion in the town of Creel, also killing a 16 month old child.

More than 2,600 have died in 2008, already surpassing 2007's total drug-violence related death.