Bloody Acapulco: Mexican Resort City Rife With Crime and Violence
By Jim Kouri CPP | February 18, 2011
Saturday’s murders of 20 men in Mexico’s famed resort city, Acapulco, are taking their toll on the country’s economy with most foreign visitors fleeing the once peaceful vacation playground. And it’s not only Americans and Canadians forgoing their Acapulco vacations, but now even Mexicans who usually frequent the resort are changing their plans.
The latest bloodbath last Saturday involved the bodies of fifteen men who were discovered outside a shopping mall, with 14 of them decapitated. Another six victims were found dead inside a cab nearby, according to a police source.
Handwritten ”tags” or signs were discovered at the crime scene suggesting that the killings were part of the ongoing gang war involving the Los Zetas, La Familia and the Sinaloa cartel. The three organized crime gangs implicated in the Acapulco violence are vying for control of Mexico’s illegal drug trade.
Some of the signs posted on shopping center walls allegedly bore the signature of “El Chapo Guzman,” who is the Mexican ”Godfather” of the Sinaloa cartel. He is referred to as Public Enemy Number One by Mexican law enforcement and military forces.
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