Authorities in one of Mexico's largest cities said Friday they have found seven bodies with five of them decapitated and another completely dismembered — with a message on each corpse — in a car left in the middle of traffic on a main expressway.
Prosecutors in the central state of Puebla said all of the bodies bore messages supposedly outlining the reasons each were killed. Each was accused of having committed a particular crime, from street-level drug dealing to robbing freight trucks to extortion, prosecutors said.
"On each of the bodies, we found hand-written messages written on paper, each one detailing the reason they were killed," said Puebla state chief prosecutor Gilberto Higuera.
Higuera did not mention whether the deaths might be related to drug cartels. He said the stolen car was left in the middle of traffic on the expressway.
While vigilantes have sometimes left such messages on corpses, similar signs are far more frequently left on victims' bodies by drug cartels seeking to threaten their rivals or punish behavior they claim violates their rules.
Higuera was extremely guarded in describing the evidence, but suggested it involved "not only a dispute (between gangs) but also something related to dominance over certain people, aimed at not only domination, but recruitment."
He did not further clarify that. But some cartels in Mexico, when seeking to establish a territory as their own, will kill off rivals or any petty thieves or drug dealers they find, and leave messages to convince local residents that such activities will not be tolerated under the new cartel.
The grisly killings were striking because they occurred in the relatively affluent and large city of Puebla, just east of Mexico City. Puebla is Mexico's fifth largest city and had largely been spared the drug cartel violence affecting surrounding areas. According to data published by the Puebla state prosecutor's office, the state as a whole recorded 200 murders in the first three months of 2024.
Daily Life In Puebla
View of the Puebla State Police truck parked in the street in the city of Puebla, on December 10, 2023, in Puebla, Puebla State, Mexico. Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images
Leaving the bodies in the middle of an expressway also was unusual. Police were quickly alerted to the cadaver-laden car because it was blocking traffic on the city's main ring road.
Disturbing trend
Discoveries of mutilated bodies dumped in public or hung from bridges with menacing messages have increased in Mexico in recent years as cartels and gangs seek to intimidate their rivals.
In January, hacked-up bodies were found in two vehicles abandoned on a bridge in Mexico's Gulf coast state of Veracruz, prosecutors said. A banner left on one of the vehicles included an apparent warning message from a powerful cartel.
Last July, a violent drug cartel was suspected of leaving a severed human leg found hanging from a pedestrian bridge in Toluca, just west of Mexico City. The trunk of the body was left on the street below, near the city's center, along with handwritten messages signed by the Familia Michoacana cartel. Other parts of the bodies were found later in other neighborhoods, also with handwritten drug cartels signs nearby.
In 2022, the severed heads of six men were reportedly discovered on top of a Volkswagen in southern Mexico, along with a warning sign strung from two trees at the scene.
That same year, the bodies of seven men were found dumped on a roadway in the Huasteca region. Writing scrawled in markers on the corpses said "this is what happened to me for working with the Gulf," an apparent reference to the Gulf Cartel.
“Brilliant what they do, when they mutilate a body like that. They make people think, ‘They must have been involved; they must have deserved such a death ‘cause they did something.’ It’s brilliant what they do.”
-Steve Forsing, *Sicario*
I feel that in that movie, a lot of the issues could have been resolved by one of the characters saying "Let's not escalate. We both respect one another, let's have some tea and agree to disagree."
Then the cartel guy would have been "Oh yeah, he's not so bad, we have more in common really" and just let it all go. Sometimes all it takes is courtesy and being nice. :)
you must be outright insane to oppose the cartel in any way. i wouldn't do that here in europe, because their influence is farreaching, much less in south america. they will kill you and ask questions later (if you are lucky) or torture you to death if you're not so lucky.
We need to have a serious conversation about how Mexico is devolving into a completely corrupt mafia state and what to do about this, without the point getting lost in a fog of anti-immigrant racism and xenophobia.
Awesome! Unfortunately the video didn't work...
However, I did watch the video from CBS and talks about cartels, but does not talk about this particular car left on the highway.
We need to accept as many people from mexico as possible and then go to war with what's left. There's so many people desperate to escape that hellhole and we should welcome them with open arms. Once we have their people safe we do what we do best and destroy what's left.
Those we welcome will prosper and do great things for our country. That's the nature of people who endure a great struggle.
Authorities in one of Mexico's largest cities said Friday they have found seven bodies with five of them decapitated and another completely dismembered — with a message on each corpse — in a car left in the middle of traffic on a main expressway. Prosecutors in the central state of Puebla said all of the bodies bore messages supposedly outlining the reasons each were killed. Each was accused of having committed a particular crime, from street-level drug dealing to robbing freight trucks to extortion, prosecutors said. "On each of the bodies, we found hand-written messages written on paper, each one detailing the reason they were killed," said Puebla state chief prosecutor Gilberto Higuera. Higuera did not mention whether the deaths might be related to drug cartels. He said the stolen car was left in the middle of traffic on the expressway. While vigilantes have sometimes left such messages on corpses, similar signs are far more frequently left on victims' bodies by drug cartels seeking to threaten their rivals or punish behavior they claim violates their rules. Higuera was extremely guarded in describing the evidence, but suggested it involved "not only a dispute (between gangs) but also something related to dominance over certain people, aimed at not only domination, but recruitment." He did not further clarify that. But some cartels in Mexico, when seeking to establish a territory as their own, will kill off rivals or any petty thieves or drug dealers they find, and leave messages to convince local residents that such activities will not be tolerated under the new cartel. The grisly killings were striking because they occurred in the relatively affluent and large city of Puebla, just east of Mexico City. Puebla is Mexico's fifth largest city and had largely been spared the drug cartel violence affecting surrounding areas. According to data published by the Puebla state prosecutor's office, the state as a whole recorded 200 murders in the first three months of 2024. Daily Life In Puebla View of the Puebla State Police truck parked in the street in the city of Puebla, on December 10, 2023, in Puebla, Puebla State, Mexico. Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images Leaving the bodies in the middle of an expressway also was unusual. Police were quickly alerted to the cadaver-laden car because it was blocking traffic on the city's main ring road. Disturbing trend Discoveries of mutilated bodies dumped in public or hung from bridges with menacing messages have increased in Mexico in recent years as cartels and gangs seek to intimidate their rivals. In January, hacked-up bodies were found in two vehicles abandoned on a bridge in Mexico's Gulf coast state of Veracruz, prosecutors said. A banner left on one of the vehicles included an apparent warning message from a powerful cartel. Last July, a violent drug cartel was suspected of leaving a severed human leg found hanging from a pedestrian bridge in Toluca, just west of Mexico City. The trunk of the body was left on the street below, near the city's center, along with handwritten messages signed by the Familia Michoacana cartel. Other parts of the bodies were found later in other neighborhoods, also with handwritten drug cartels signs nearby. In 2022, the severed heads of six men were reportedly discovered on top of a Volkswagen in southern Mexico, along with a warning sign strung from two trees at the scene. That same year, the bodies of seven men were found dumped on a roadway in the Huasteca region. Writing scrawled in markers on the corpses said "this is what happened to me for working with the Gulf," an apparent reference to the Gulf Cartel.
Thank you... The source for video is full of crap to read through EVEN if I ask for necessary cookies only!
“Brilliant what they do, when they mutilate a body like that. They make people think, ‘They must have been involved; they must have deserved such a death ‘cause they did something.’ It’s brilliant what they do.” -Steve Forsing, *Sicario*
Literally just re-watched this movie last night and here you are- top comment.
I feel that in that movie, a lot of the issues could have been resolved by one of the characters saying "Let's not escalate. We both respect one another, let's have some tea and agree to disagree." Then the cartel guy would have been "Oh yeah, he's not so bad, we have more in common really" and just let it all go. Sometimes all it takes is courtesy and being nice. :)
That’s a different movie
Jesus. I can't imagine how much nerve it would take to decide, ***Fuck the cartel. I am going to be a drug dealer for myself***.
You’re not typically dealing with Walter White in these cases. Just some dumb kid that thinks he can get away with it
you must be outright insane to oppose the cartel in any way. i wouldn't do that here in europe, because their influence is farreaching, much less in south america. they will kill you and ask questions later (if you are lucky) or torture you to death if you're not so lucky.
The cartel will eat you.
We need to have a serious conversation about how Mexico is devolving into a completely corrupt mafia state and what to do about this, without the point getting lost in a fog of anti-immigrant racism and xenophobia.
>without the point getting lost in a fog of anti-immigrant racism and xenophobia. Good luck with that
It’s honestly been this way (out of control) since about 2006 and continues w/unbelievable things constantly happening, much of it unreported.
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This is a nonpaywall link: https://archive.ph/X7xTf
Awesome! Unfortunately the video didn't work... However, I did watch the video from CBS and talks about cartels, but does not talk about this particular car left on the highway.
seven deadly sins, seven bodies? what movie was that again....?
Oceans Eleven?
“What’s in the *vault*?!”
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I guess you have to pay to find out the reason
They wouldn't switch to Geico. The marketing department is trying something new.
https://archive.ph/X7xTf will get you to it
Doesn't say the exact message or reasons, only speculations about a cartel.
We need to accept as many people from mexico as possible and then go to war with what's left. There's so many people desperate to escape that hellhole and we should welcome them with open arms. Once we have their people safe we do what we do best and destroy what's left. Those we welcome will prosper and do great things for our country. That's the nature of people who endure a great struggle.
Take your pills
Eat my ass loser.
This is Mexico. So. Nothing to See here or care about. TRUMP NEEDS HIS DRUGS