Mexican Drug Cartels force innocent people to Gladiator matches

[InRareForm]

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/topstory/7607122.html

[ALVAREZ6]

lol yeah the situation over there isn't totally out of control or anything :lol




seriously, good luck to that poster going over soon, gonna need it. mexico really is the modern day wild west, except probably more dangerous.

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

lol yeah the situation over there isn't totally out of control or anything :lol
Given that your country doesn't consider 6+ million person genocides out of control, a drug war seems pretty harmless tbh.

[Bill_Brasky]

Given that your country doesn't consider 6+ million person genocides out of control, a drug war seems pretty harmless tbh.
:lol

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

Oh and I'm not even making this up my grandma randomly calls me from fuckin Tijuana today telling me my aunt is getting surgery there (wouldn't tell me why even tho I know it's because she's a cheap Jewish woman who'd give up an organ or three to save a few hundred dollars), asking me if I wanna visit them this weekend (since it's an hour drive for me).

I've seen my family members do some outrageously stupid things because they're overtly cheap, but this takes the cake by far.

[Gutter92]

Given that your country doesn't consider 6+ million person genocides out of control, a drug war seems pretty harmless tbh.

Where did this alleged 6 million person genocide happen? I hope you're not referring to the greatly exaggerated numbers from the holocaust...

[IronMexican]

Oh and I'm not even making this up my grandma randomly calls me from fuckin Tijuana today telling me my aunt is getting surgery there (wouldn't tell me why even tho I know it's because she's a cheap Jewish woman who'd give up an organ or three to save a few hundred dollars), asking me if I wanna visit them this weekend (since it's an hour drive for me).

I've seen my family members do some outrageously stupid things because they're overtly cheap, but this takes the cake by far.

TJ isn't so bad. My grandma goes once a month to shop and visit family.

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

You're grandma isn't a white. Also, I misspoke, not sure if she's getting surgery in TJ or somewhere else. If the cheapest surgery available is in Juarez, she'll make the trip to Juarez or die trying. She's the most Jewish Jew you'll ever meet.

[dirk4mvp]

I can't decide who's worse: blacks or mexicans

[Sense]

I can't decide who's worse: blacks or mexicans

Whites tbh..


Marijuana legalized = end of War.


DAMN DEM POLITICIANS

[4>0rings]

I can't decide who's worse: blacks or mexicans
chinks

[IronMexican]

The jews.

[Sisk]

The place should be leveled to the ground imho.

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

Whites tbh..


Marijuana legalized = end of War.


DAMN DEM POLITICIANS
Troof. Legalize drugs (or as I call it, let people have power over what they put into their body), these cartels are powerless, and now the government has something it can tax the shit out of to help the economy.

[TE]

A friend of mine who has family that lives in Mexico told me today that one of the cartels stopped a bus full of people in a rural area (family witnessed the cartel pulling the bus over right in front of their neighborhood). The cartel lit the children and women on fire, forced the bus driver to run over the weak looking men, and made the strong looking men fight to death in order to recruit a strong man into the cartel.



Some really fucked up shit going on over there.

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

A friend of mine who has family that lives in Mexico told me today that one of the cartels stopped a bus full of people in a rural area (family witnessed the cartel pulling the bus over right in front of their neighborhood). The cartel lit the children and women on fire, forced the bus driver to run over the weak looking men, and made the strong looking men fight to death in order to recruit a strong man into the cartel.



Some really fucked up shit going on over there.
:lmao my dumbass aunt going down to Mexico with this going on.

[redzero]

This is dystopia type shit.

[Rip-Hamilton32]

Americans just sitting around until they all kill eachother, easier to take over once they are all dead

[redzero]

Americans just sitting around until they all kill eachother, easier to take over once they are all dead

Is there something wrong with that?

[RedsLakers24]

Damm, im leaving today to Mexico, wasnt fun reading this.

[Creepn]

Damm, im leaving today to Mexico, wasnt fun reading this.

You are still going? Wow.

Can I have your dog?

[Viva Las Espuelas]

A friend of mine who has family that lives in Mexico told me today that one of the cartels stopped a bus full of people in a rural area (family witnessed the cartel pulling the bus over right in front of their neighborhood). The cartel lit the children and women on fire, forced the bus driver to run over the weak looking men, and made the strong looking men fight to death in order to recruit a strong man into the cartel.



Some really fucked up shit going on over there.

Hmmm. I wonder if the UN humanity tour will be making a stop.

[CosmicCowboy]

A friend of mine who has family that lives in Mexico told me today that one of the cartels stopped a bus full of people in a rural area (family witnessed the cartel pulling the bus over right in front of their neighborhood). The cartel lit the children and women on fire, forced the bus driver to run over the weak looking men, and made the strong looking men fight to death in order to recruit a strong man into the cartel.



Some really fucked up shit going on over there.

I read this originally on the borderland beat and they were VERY clear that this story was totally unsubstantiated. Now that the "mainstream" media is picking the story up they are just reporting it as fact. The cartels do some grisly stuff but I seriously doubt this happened.

[DPG21920]

I'm going to playa del carmen

[ALVAREZ6]

Damm, im leaving today to Mexico, wasnt fun reading this.

From your "Pray For Me" thread:



Going to Mexico for a month, from June 15 to July 15, pray that i dont get shot or kidnapped.


Please post ASAP after returning. If you don't post by July 20th, you will be assumed dead and thus we can add you to the list of dead former Spurstalkers (that we know about).

:tu

[The Gemini Method]

Makes the days of Pablo Escobar and the Cali Cartel look like a walk in the park...Bring back the Columbianos!

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

I'm going to playa del carmen

My brother went there on his honeymoon back when the cartels were only making tourists compete in chariot races.

[The Gemini Method]

My brother went there on his honeymoon back when the cartels were only making tourists compete in chariot races.

:rollin:rollin:rollin

[jag]

Is this stuff just going on near the border or also tourist spots?

[The Gemini Method]

Is this stuff just going on near the border or also tourist spots?

My coworker just went to Cabo San Lucas and Mexico City and she managed to come back...don't know if they strapped a kilo of yayo to her, but since she's still working here, I imagine not.

[Oh, Gee!!]

I heard they are sewing groups of people ass-to-mouth over there in order to create human centipedes, then making the human centipedes fight to the death.

edit: if you're reading this Drudge, don't link this post to drudgereport.com as a legitimate news story.

[ALVAREZ6]

I heard they are sewing groups of people ass-to-mouth over there in order to create human centipedes, then making the human centipedes fight to the death.

edit: if you're reading this Drudge, don't link this post to drudgereport.com as a legitimate news story.

lol @ the Wild Cobra quote in the sig

[Spurminator]

This is like something out of a Cormac McCarthy novel, but readable and with correct punctuation.

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

Is this stuff just going on near the border or also tourist spots?

I'd defer to anyone here with more specific knowledge but the conventional wisdom is (and they touch on this a little in the article from the OP) is that the government knows how much they rely on the tourist $$$ and tries to keep those spots safe, plus most of the cartels view killing Americans as bad for business because it brings a lot of heat. In the case of my brother and his wife (who really did go to Playa del Carmen back in 2001) they got a little safety speech from the resort staff about the dangers of leaving the resort but that was more a matter of just local thugs and pick pockets than any organized gangs.

In the past few years I've had student workers from my office take trips down to places like Cabo, etc. for spring break or in the summer and they've all come back with no horror stories to tell.

[koriwhat]

drove down to acapulco like 4 yrs ago and the only bs i had to deal with were the cops in monterrey. i won't dare go back to mx for a while, and i especially won't be driving down there.

[Fpoonsie]

I still visit the border towns (Las Flores, for example), and while there's a strong military presence there (tanks and soldiers behind sandbags carrying automatic weapons), I'm still able to buy my taquitos in relative peace, w/ the exception of a few barefoot child chicle vendors every now and then.

[koriwhat]

I still visit the border towns (Las Flores, for example), and while there's a strong military presence there (tanks and soldiers behind sandbags carrying automatic weapons), I'm still able to buy my taquitos in relative peace, w/ the exception of a few barefoot child chicle vendors every now and then.

those kids really deal drugs ese... bought an ounce from some 7 yr old for $6 back when i was like 21 out in nuevo laredo.

[CuckingFunt]

This is like something out of a Cormac McCarthy novel, but readable and with correct punctuation.

I chortled.

[Chief]

Why are Mexicans that do these beheadings are not called terrorists but if they were muslims they would be

[DPG21920]

The only thing that really worries me is the drive to the resort town. I fly into Cancun and it's like a 45 minute drive to Carmen.

[DPG21920]

:lol :rollin :lmao

[DPG21920]

Tyson on a roll. :lol :rollin :lmao

[DPG21920]

It sucks how perception can really affect people. I mean, I'm not sure what to believe or not, but I seriously question this trip. All the research I have done and friends that I have spoken with that live down in Mexico say it's ok in most spots, but still.

[DPG21920]

:lol :rollin :lmao

It's so much funnier because I'm short

[DPG21920]

Everyone knows not to mess with the small guys. Nature has forced us to be extra manly to compensate for lack of height.

Why do you think Joe Pesci is the man in Casino scrah?

[CosmicCowboy]

If you FLY to one of the big tourist destinations and stay on the beaten path, do the hotel pool, carlos and charlies, senor frogs, etc. you are probably as safe as you would be in SA.

On the other hand, crossing the Texas/Mexico border and driving anywhere is terminally stupid. You just never know whats going on with the Zetas and the CDG and where the next shit storm is gonna go down.

[DPG21920]

I asked people and they said flying into Cancun and making the drive to Carmen (there are numerous means of transportation) is not bad. I wouldn't be driving from the US all the way. It's a 45 minute car ride max.

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

:lol my guess was right, my aunt is getting breast reconstruction surgery in Mexico :lmao:lmao:lmao

[ALVAREZ6]

lmao

http://morrisonworldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Mexico-Los-Zetas.jpg


totally necessary

[ALVAREZ6]

do people seriously think it's cool to post pictures like that? fuck you asshole, go fist yourself.

chill mang i didn't know it was that big

http://cdn.smosh.com/smosh-pit/042011/lowls-u-mad.jpg


to answer question, yes i think when you post a pic like that it makes you cooler than everyone. immeasurably cool

[Andrew Cunanan]

There's nothing wrong with bringing that pic to light, but in the future you should probably just post the link to the pic, with "NSFW" next to it. Just a thought.

[ALVAREZ6]

There's nothing wrong with bringing that pic to light, but in the future you should probably just post the link to the pic, with "NSFW" next to it. Just a thought.

Good advice smart man, will consider in the future. But I won't edit it because this way many more people are going to see it. No one ever opens random links...
:ttiwwp:



lol @ anyone who goes to mexico after seeing that pic

[Creepn]

Damn that man died a horrible death....

[Muse]

That picture was not really necessary god damn

[CosmicCowboy]

Damn that man died a horrible death....

He was clearly already dead. No blood from the wounds.

[shyne]

I'm guessing boystown isnt safe anymore

[Trainwreck2100]

somebody's gonna get banned lol

[oh crap]

some of you need to loosen the fuck up. what did you expect to find in a thread about mexican cartel brutality? fucking flower beds?

[ALVAREZ6]

Damn that man died a horrible death....
I counted 34 knives.... :wow :hungry:


some of you need to loosen the fuck up. what did you expect to find in a thread about mexican cartel brutality? fucking flower beds?

:danceclub:danceclub:danceclub

[IronMaxipad]

god damn :wow

[CuckingFunt]

some of you need to loosen the fuck up. what did you expect to find in a thread about mexican cartel brutality? fucking flower beds?

I don't think it's asking/expecting that much to be able to sit down with my smoothie, click on the "new posts" icon (which, incidentally, I tend to do without even looking at the title of the thread I'm reading), and not be confronted with a GIANT picture of a very dead corpse done up like a pincushion for machetes.

[Trainwreck2100]

I don't think it's asking/expecting that much to be able to sit down with my smoothie, click on the "new posts" icon (which, incidentally, I tend to do without even looking at the title of the thread I'm reading), and not be confronted with a GIANT picture of a very dead corpse done up like a pincushion for machetes.

it's not nearly as bad as grabbing a smoothie, clicking on new posts and seeing whatever unnecessarily long piece of shit post you decided to put up.

[lefty]

*scrolling sideways*

[xXx]

damn mexicans. killing people needlessly.

http://www.chefdepot.net/graphics42/wusthof_knife_block.gif

[CosmicCowboy]

The knife in the eye was the real finishing touch.

[marini martini]

it's not nearly as bad as grabbing a smoothie, clicking on new posts and seeing whatever unnecessarily long piece of shit post you decided to put up.

:lol

[IX_Equilibrium]

Even my friends from Mexico won't drive back to visit their families.

[BlackSwordsMan]

He probably fell on those knives. Poor guy

[DMC]

Is anyone really innocent?

[DPG21920]

Just got back from Mexico. Landed in Cancun, took the ADO to Playa and it was perfectly safe. Playa was great.

[ALVAREZ6]

did that one dude who was going ever make it back, is he posting again, or he still in Mexico, dead or alive?

[Creepn]

did that one dude who was going ever make it back, is he posting again, or he still in Mexico, dead or alive?

Ya he made it back. Made a thread about his horrific adventures.

[4>0rings]

R.I.P Mexico guy