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| Corpse text messaging -Honduras Gangs Leave Grisly Warning |
| 2004-02-23 |
| EFL The disfigured body of a young man was found in northern Honduras along with a message threatening the Honduran president, police said Sunday. The discovery marks the 10th such slaying apparently carried about by gangs protesting a government crackdown. Guatemala’s new president received a similar threat last month, warning him that if his government continued to target gangs, "more people will die." A bold prediction in a world of mere mortals. Honduran authorities said three local prostitutes discovered the body of the latest victim Saturday in the city of San Pedro Sula, 110 miles north of the capital, Tegucigalpa. Investigators estimated the victim was between 18 and 21 years of age. His assailants had gouged out his eyes, cut off his ears and nose and removed his heart, police spokesman Ivan Mejia said. His head was wrapped in a red shirt and stuffed inside a plastic garbage bag. Must have entered a homocidal rage after a Three Stooges film festival. Attached to the body was a threatening message aimed at President Ricardo Maduro. Police would not reveal its contents. The threats appear to be a backlash against Maduro’s crackdown on gangs in the past six months. Last year, the Honduran Congress followed the president’s recommendation to outlaw the youth gangs and established prison penalties of up to 12 years for their members. More than 1,000 gang members have been detained. In the first stiff prison punishments imposed since the law was passed, a legal tribunal on Saturday sentenced two gang members to 86 years each for killing three people, wounding two others and robbing a house in the capital. The Honduran government has warned that gang members angered by the new penalties have targeted public officials. Yeah, this time we whacked a punk kid, but next time it could be the Chief of Public Works as we have all of the local prostitues under surveilance. A message attached to the body of a victim found in January read, "Happy New Year to President Maduro. This is another challenge ... and the next victims will be police and journalists How did a gang of punks write all that with a spray-paint can? Was it punctuated properly? Shortly after taking office, Berger pledged to crack down on the gangs. El Salvador also passed a law criminalizing gang membership last year. Since then, the gangs -- called maras after an ant that devours everything in its path -- have moved into Mexico, where they often are accused of drug trafficking and robbing Central American migrants. Police in southern Chiapas state, where many of the gang members are concentrated, on Saturday announced the capture of three Mara Salvatrucha members. Moving north. Great. Also Saturday, the president of Mexico’s national human rights commission, Jose Luis Soberanes said his group is working with national migration and Interior Department officials to prevent gang attacks on the Central American migrants. Maybe Jose will provide migrants with large drums of lard to rub all over their bodies. Thwarted, the permanent pen-wielding assasins will seek victims that will be easier to write on. |
| Posted by:Super Hose |
| #6 Just a question, what exactly does "midnight baseball" have to do with rebels? These are not middle class suburbanite kids with issues. They are scum who place their countries needs below that of their gangs. What the President of Honduras has done is a good thing for the people. Sentencing gangmembers for the crimes they've committed is a step in a long walk toward a better Hondo. Sadley this has come at the price many innocent lives. Including the lives of some in the United States. Recently there has been an escalation in gang related activities invoving hispanic perpetratures in the U.S. This includes robberies, shootings, and lootings. The suspects of a majority of these crimes were Hondurans. It's strange when you here about it, but after connecting the stories you see the image. Gangs are being forced out of their countries and have found ways into ours. Or maybe it's just coincidence and I'm looking for a conspiracy. |
| Posted by: Annie Onymous 2004-2-24 8:24:20 PM |
| #5 Yeah, boys. It does appear that mucky has...issues. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-2-23 10:37:00 PM |
| #4 SF, he'll get back to you on that link. I think he just zipped his stuff into his zipper. It might be a while. I think the guy is like the web version of a deranged homeless person - spouting paranoia while rummaging the dumpster for a can of Krylon that still has enough left to send him to happy land again. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-2-23 8:48:55 PM |
| #3 Muckypoo, do you have a link or a cite to back up your claim that the Vice President took away funding for Tegucigalpa's youth midnight basketball program? Much obliged. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2004-2-23 5:37:26 PM |
| #2 there have been much success ina number of cities with special programs desined for youths to fight gang violences. midnight basketball is one. they worked very well till chainey take all the money away so they can go shoting each other again! they should try these programs in these country as their is no chainey to do that their. |
| Posted by: muck4doo 2004-2-23 5:15:37 PM |
| #1 Sounds like Chicago 1932. |
| Posted by: gromky 2004-2-23 4:44:35 PM |