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| 29 Murdered In Northern Guatemala, Most Decapitated |
| 2011-05-16 |
| On a ranch in a part of northern Guatemala, likely by drug cartels, national police said Sunday. The massacre took place early Sunday in the town of Caserio La Bomba in Peten province near the Mexico border. Among the 29 dead were two children and two women. Police are investigating whether the attack is related to Saturday's killing in Peten of Haroldo Leon, the brother of alleged Guatemalan drug boss Juan Jose "Juancho" Leon. "Juancho" Leon was killed in 2008 in an ambush that Guatemalan authorities blame on Mexico's Zetas drug cartel, which has increasingly wrested control of the drug trade outside Mexico, at times by eliminating their competition. Guatemalan police said the victims of Sunday's massacre were bound and their bodies showed signs of torture. They were believed to have worked on the farm. Police found a message written in blood at the scene saying: "Salguero, we're coming for you." Police did not say who Salguero was. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #6 The difference: fight the thugs now or legalize the poison and pay the thugs top dollar. The thugs will go on butchering people. Think the thugs will go all nice and legit if we legalize the stuff? Put your bong away, wake up and smell the coffee. Oh, and Neighbor B, whom I have mentioned here before, after trying and trying and trying to get it right and raise her kids properly, caved in and started doing the stuff. The confusion at Neighbor B's house is heartbreaking. Why the hell would anybody want to make it any easier for people to get hold of this stuff and destroy their families? Over and out. |
| Posted by: mom 2011-05-16 19:28 |
| #5 Whereas you believe all we have to do is legalize crack sales for adults 10 years old or younger and all these murderous assholes are going to go back to their true passion, knitting... |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-05-16 16:14 |
| #4 Yep, this war on drugs is really making the world a better place. Deaths like these are small price to pay for keeping drugs off the streets. Oh. |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2011-05-16 12:44 |
| #3 This isn't the work of Guatemalans, but Mexicans moving in to Guatemala. The Guatemalans got over a 50-year civil war, and they are sick of fighting. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-05-16 09:30 |
| #2 that's appalling. just disgusting. i feel really bad for those guatamalans who are real gentlemen and educated and just want to leave |
| Posted by: anon1 2011-05-16 08:58 |
| #1 Failed state. Eventually we will have to do the same thing we are doing in Pakistan. Drone kills. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2011-05-16 03:18 |