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Dozen Mangled Mexican Bodies Were Feds

Agents tortured, killed in revenge for drug trafficker's arrest

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 15, 2009 5:12 AM CDT

(Newser) – Twelve people tortured, murdered, and dumped along a highway  in the Mexican state of Michoacan Monday were Mexican federal agents, the AP reports. The off-duty agents—11 men and one woman—were caught in an ambush by members of a drug cartel, officials said. The murders are believed to be revenge for the recent capture of a La Familia kingpin in MIchoacan, the home state of Mexican President Felipe Calderon and a center of his crackdown on drug traffickers.

"This marks an important change in the drug war in that they are attacking federal forces directly," a Mexican drug expert tells the AP. The attackers left this note with the bodies, the BBC adds: "The family does not kill for money. It does not kill women or innocent people. Those who die are those who must die. Everyone should know that this is divine justice."

Police escort Arnoldo Rueda, an alleged coordinator for the Mexican drug cartel known as La Familia. Authorities believe 12 federal agents were killed in revenge for his arrest.
Police escort Arnoldo Rueda, an alleged coordinator for the Mexican drug cartel known as "La Familia." Authorities believe 12 federal agents were killed in revenge for his arrest.   (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Arnoldo Rueda, an alleged coordinator for the Mexican drug cartel known as, La Familia, looks on during a court presentation in Mexico City last Saturday.
Arnoldo Rueda, an alleged coordinator for the Mexican drug cartel known as, "La Familia," looks on during a court presentation in Mexico City last Saturday.   (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
A federal police agent stands guard outside a federal police office in the central Mexican state of  Michoacan.
A federal police agent stands guard outside a federal police office in the central Mexican state of Michoacan.   (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
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COMMENTS
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kokuaguy
Jul 15, 2009 7:46 AM CDT
Fondude, please google Law Enforcement Against Prohibition if you have not already done so.
wwwonderer
Jul 15, 2009 3:49 AM CDT
It amazes me that this 'War On Drugs' has primarily filled coffins and prisons. I suspect the penal/law enforcement system as having the strongest resistance to legalization.
Janniel
Jul 15, 2009 2:47 AM CDT
End the 'war on drugs'. It costs lives and tons of money, all the while feeding the flames of crime.

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