Even with all the free rifles given to them by the ATF the Mexican Cartels still can kick it old school.
A man has pleaded no contest to a murder charge in the beheading of a man in Arizona who police say stole drugs from a Mexican drug cartel.
Crisantos Moroyoqui-Yocupicio made the plea Monday to second-degree murder in the death of 38-year-old Martin Alejandro Cota-Monroy at an apartment in Chandler on Oct. 10, 2010.
Moroyoqui-Yocupicio faces 10 to 16 years in prison when he is sentenced May 8.
Police believe Cota-Monroy’s gruesome killing was intended to send a message that anyone who betrays the traffickers will get the same treatment.
8-10 years???? There’s that Bad Justice tag too! Odd that sending a message the Cartels will use blades rather than guns. Let’s face it, getting hacked to death and decapitated is far more frightening than being shot.
“Gun Death” is really a valid metric?
h/t AZRon
It is my understanding that killing with a machete is the calling card of MS-13 (one of the big gangs). The reasoning given was just as you said, to drive fear. Being hacked to death and beheaded does seem like it would be a whole lot more terrifying than just being shot.
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