February 13, 2007
Mexican drug wars find new battleground on YouTube
A vicious Mexican drug gang war has moved onto Internet video-sharing site YouTube, where rivals taunt each other with blood-soaked slideshows and film of their murder victims. Reuters reports.
"One popular video on the site shows a man being shot in the head. A stomach-churning series of photos shows another execution victim, his missing face a mangled mess of flesh.
One chilling video on YouTube called "The Hit Men" shows a handcuffed man, apparently a Gulf Cartel henchman caught and beaten by police. He is curled on the ground and pleading with his captors. "They're going to kill me," he says.
... In one YouTube post, a user offers about $4,500 to anyone who can show proof of having killed members of The Zetas, "via photo, video or presenting the body."
... On the site include the footage of a man being shot in the head in a murder attributed to The Zetas. It has been viewed more than 280,000 times."
[via Techmeme]
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