Brutal violence plagues Mexico

Fri, March 23, 2007
By AP

MEXICO CITY -- Assailants killed a man and left a note with the body threatening authorities in northern Mexico, the second such case in less than 24 hours.

And the U.S. Embassy issued a warning yesterday about rising violence across Mexico.

The body of the unidentified man who had been tortured and shot in the head was found Wednesday night in the Monterrey suburb of Santa Catarina.

An accompanying note threatened Rogelio Cerda, the top security official in Nuevo Leon state.

The body was found 30 metres from where assailants on Tuesday dumped the body of Gustavo Espindola, his hands and feet tied and his head covered with tape. A message threatening Nuevo Leon state authorities was stuck to Espindola's chest with an ice pick.
Nuevo Leon authorities would not comment on the latest message.

But photos of the note published by newspapers made it sound like the threats were by a drug gang: "Look fool, even with all of your bodyguards you will die - Rogelio Cerda, together with your family, all the officials that are with you, and the Sinaloa Cartel. PS: This will continue until you get it."