Two men hung from bridge in Monterrey, one survives.

[rcecale]

Two men hung from bridge in Monterrey, one survives.



Gunmen identifying themselves as CDG (Gulf cartel) hang two men from an overpass Wednesday morning in Monterrey in full view of hundreds of witnesses.

At approximately 10:00am this morning in Monterrey a group of gunmen travelling in a van stopped at an overpass on the intersection of Avenida Revolucion and Chapultepec in heavy traffic and over a span of 10 minutes committted an act of brutality before an audience of hundreds of terrified witnesses.

Three badly beaten males were removed from the parked vehicle and while two of the men were tied by their hands to ropes attached to the railing and thrown over to hang over a crowded main thoroughfare the third attempted to flee but was shot and killed by his captors.

While hundreds of pedestrians and motorists looked on the gunmen then shot both men hanging from the overpass, which led to a panic at the scene. The gunmen then quickly fled the area.

One of the men left hanging survived the shooting and was rescued by authorities who arrived minutes after the gunmen had left. As hundreds of people had witnessed the incident, many calls were sent out to the police.

The survivor was taken aboard a state police vehicle to an ambulance, where he received medical attention.

A narco banner hung at the scene was signed by the Gulf cartel and contained a message that this would happen to people that supported Los Zetas, especially “halcones” (lookouts/informants) and “tenderos” (shopkeepers, or those who sell drugs from houses called “narcotienditas”).

Both men left hanging from the overpass had communication devices taped to their hands which symbolize that the men were “halcones.

After the arrival of police and the military shots rang out several blocks away where a kindergarden, elementary and middle school are located but no further injuries or deaths were reported.

Authorities theorize that a criminal group may have tried to drive them away in order to retrive the bodies.

Randy

[masraum]

It'd be really nice if normal due process was suspended and the military went after these folks with a take no prisoners type of attitude.

[masraum]

I guess they sort of are chipping away at the iceberg.

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I guess the problem with going in guns blazing, or blowing up a home that's known to be the home of a drug lord is that there is the possibility of women and children being there that may not have anything to do with the business. Still, it's very tempting.

[GH85Carrera]

Americans keep buying their drugs and they continue to make huge piles of money.

Just thank all the drug USERS for all of this.

[pwd72s]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Americans keep buying their drugs and they continue to make huge piles of money.

Just thank all the drug USERS for all of this.

Good point! Smoked my last doobie many decades ago...when I realized that the dealers weren't the peace & love hippie types any more.

[flatbutt]

But GH those poor addicts have a disease...they need hugs too.

[cairns]

Actually you should also thank all those who have a vested interest in keeping drugs illegal.

Didn't anybody learn anything from the 18th amendment?? You will never, ever, ever stop drug use. Mankind has been getting high, in some form or another, since we could walk. Whenever the poison is illegal someone's going to see a profit- usually a big one. And someone else is going to fight them over it. These guys are just the descendents of Capone.

Legalize it and tax the sh *T out of it. Pay off some of the freaking deficit.

[nota]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Americans keep buying their drugs and they continue to make huge piles of money.

Just thank all the drug USERS for all of this.

thank the anti-drug nazi's
how many alcohol gangs are there now
legalized alcohol stopped the mob's control of that biz

but our rightwing really does not believe in personal freedoms
and is far more all about CONTROL and religion then any freedoms

[masraum]

Originally Posted by nota

thank the anti-drug nazi's
how many alcohol gangs are there now
legalized alcohol stopped the mob's control of that biz

but our rightwing really does not believe in personal freedoms
and is far more all about CONTROL and religion then any freedoms

Hmm, I just don't see legalizing heroine, crack, meth, etc... as being the solution. It may be the beginning of a different kind of problem.

[widebody911]

Originally Posted by masraum

Hmm, I just don't see legalizing heroine, crack, meth, etc... as being the solution. It may be the beginning of a different kind of problem.

I wonder: if those were legalized, would the free market come up with less dangerous/addictive/destructive alternatives?

[craigster59]

Originally Posted by widebody911

I wonder: if those were legalized, would the free market come up with less dangerous/addictive/destructive alternatives?

They came up with MGD 64, I'm sure they can come up with Meth"lite"..

[masraum]

Originally Posted by widebody911

I wonder: if those were legalized, would the free market come up with less dangerous/addictive/destructive alternatives?

no motivation to make them less addictive, that's where the money is. Less dangerous/destructive would have it's motivation. You don't want your addicts dying too young, you want to get their money over a life-long addiction.

But, the way the world has rallied against tobacco, I don't see much chance of most of the harder stuff going legal.

[scottmandue]

Don't think the drug cartels are into weed.

The big money is in coke and heroin.

Why smuggle beer when you can smuggle Don Perinon?

Also been decades since I have smoked a doobie... but everyone is on medical marijuana now, that is grown local AFAIK.

Besides... also AFAIK the Mexican government/police/military are all on the take... so good luck on seeing any change soon.

[dewolf]

Originally Posted by widebody911

I wonder: if those were legalized, would the free market come up with less dangerous/addictive/destructive alternatives?

Well that hasn't worked for cigarettes. Governments make 10's of millions on tax revenue from tobacco products. A pack of 30 cigs here is about AU$18.00. Half of that goes in taxes.

[Hawktel]

Legalize and tax. Lets the users clear up that debt issue we have.

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by nota

thank the anti-drug nazi's
how many alcohol gangs are there now
legalized alcohol stopped the mob's control of that biz

but our rightwing really does not believe in personal freedoms
and is far more all about CONTROL and religion then any freedoms

+1
The word "freedom" is a marketing tool, it doesn't represent an actual policy.