Mexicans learning from the Muslims?
Severed Head of Mexican Politician Dumped Outside Newspaper's Office
Sunday , May 27, 2007
MEXICO CITY -
The severed head of a town councilman was dumped outside the offices of a newspaper in Mexico's Gulf state of Tabasco in what the paper's publishers said was an attempt to intimidate reporters.
The head, left outside Tabasco Hoy's offices in Villahermosa, was wrapped in newspaper inside a cooler and left by a man who stepped out of a sport utility vehicle early Saturday, the paper said on its Web site.
Police and soldiers said the head belonged to Terencio Sastre, a councilman from the nearby municipality of El Cedro, whose body was found on the side of a road Friday.
"It has all the characteristics of an act of intimidation and an attempt to silence the freedom of information that the publishers exercise," Tabasco Hoy said in a statement.
It sent a letter to President Felipe Calderon and other officials, urging them to guarantee the staff's safety. The newspaper did not discuss who was behind the killing.
Mexican drug gangs often decapitate rivals as a means of intimidation and are blamed for killing dozens of Mexican journalists in recent years.
In January, Tabasco Hoy reporter Rodolfo Rincon disappeared and has not been seen since.
Shortly before his disappearance, Rincon wrote an article on drug gangs that identified houses where narcotics were sold.
Mexico has become the world's second-most dangerous place for journalists after Iraq with seven journalists killed across the country since October. A Mexican TV reporter and cameraman disappeared earlier this month in the northern city of Monterrey.
Many journalists hold back from reporting on drug gangs.
On Thursday, the newspaper Cambio Sonora in the northwestern city of Hermosillo announced it was shutting down temporarily after assailants tossed a hand grenade from a passing car at its offices.
Sunday , May 27, 2007
MEXICO CITY -
The severed head of a town councilman was dumped outside the offices of a newspaper in Mexico's Gulf state of Tabasco in what the paper's publishers said was an attempt to intimidate reporters.
The head, left outside Tabasco Hoy's offices in Villahermosa, was wrapped in newspaper inside a cooler and left by a man who stepped out of a sport utility vehicle early Saturday, the paper said on its Web site.
Police and soldiers said the head belonged to Terencio Sastre, a councilman from the nearby municipality of El Cedro, whose body was found on the side of a road Friday.
"It has all the characteristics of an act of intimidation and an attempt to silence the freedom of information that the publishers exercise," Tabasco Hoy said in a statement.
It sent a letter to President Felipe Calderon and other officials, urging them to guarantee the staff's safety. The newspaper did not discuss who was behind the killing.
Mexican drug gangs often decapitate rivals as a means of intimidation and are blamed for killing dozens of Mexican journalists in recent years.
In January, Tabasco Hoy reporter Rodolfo Rincon disappeared and has not been seen since.
Shortly before his disappearance, Rincon wrote an article on drug gangs that identified houses where narcotics were sold.
Mexico has become the world's second-most dangerous place for journalists after Iraq with seven journalists killed across the country since October. A Mexican TV reporter and cameraman disappeared earlier this month in the northern city of Monterrey.
Many journalists hold back from reporting on drug gangs.
On Thursday, the newspaper Cambio Sonora in the northwestern city of Hermosillo announced it was shutting down temporarily after assailants tossed a hand grenade from a passing car at its offices.
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Well at least they were smart enough not learn from us. Damn straight! 0 -
LOL ... absolutely![:o)] 0 -
(<Puerto Rican death threat.)
Maybe we could learn a thing or two from Mexicans and start sending subtle warnings "Latino style" to bad guys around the world.
Or won't we dare because it is PI?
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Unfortunately Psycho,.......you have it right, not PC.
We will talk to them endlessly, and send them money to buy "peace" though.
Just need to have Bernanke's fellers print out some more "green".0 -
Nothing new.
Latin American drug cartels have always used terror tactics such as this.
Remember the stories of people being found dumped with a "Columbian neck tie" back in the cocaine cowboy days of the 80's? This was where they had their throat slit and the tongue pulled down through the wound. It was their signature.0 -
in tijuana they have murdered the mayor, the top prosecutor and the top catholic leader there. this is what america has to look forward to when congress grants amnesty to 14 million illegal aliens 0 -
I think we need to run a dat gummed Number 6 on them!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3rOIagh1Xk&mode=related&search=0
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