Drug Cartels Warn Social Media Users

(Nuevo Laredo, Mexico) Mexican drug cartels are expressing displeasure at citizens using social media.

A Mexican man has been decapitated, in an apparent warning to social media users to stop tipping off the authorities about the local drug cartel.

The man appears to have been handcuffed, tortured, decapitated and dumped beside a statue of Christopher Columbus one mile from the Texas border. Below the man’s body was a partially obscured and blood-stained blanket. Written on the blanket in black ink: “Hi I’m ‘Rascatripas’ and this happened to me because I didn’t understand I shouldn’t post things on social networks.”

The discovery of the body Wednesday morning brings the total number of murders associated with social media over the past three months in the Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo to four.

Meanwhile, evidence indicates that Mexican drug cartels have created a notable presence in the far northwest San Juan County of New Mexico.



The cartels are using San Juan County as a base of operations for drug distribution and recruitment of gang members. The San Juan County Sheriff's Office has been asking for federal help.