Grisly warnings from Mexico’s drug cartels
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‘In case decapitating their victims and dumping the heads in picnic coolers didn’t make the point, the killers left a note,’ writes the Times’ Ken Ellingwood in Mexico City.
’ ‘This is a warning,’ ‘ it said, listing an alphabet soup of Mexican police agencies and the noms de guerre of several well-known drug figures. ‘’ You get what you deserve.’ ‘
‘Amid a wave of drug-related violence across Mexico, the dead these days are frequently accompanied by macabre calling cards known popularly as ‘narco-messages.’ ‘
‘Part threat and part boast, the messages have multiplied as drug killings have risen to record levels amid a government crackdown on organized crime and deadly turf wars among traffickers.’
-- Reed Johnson in Mexico City
