Drug War Killings In Mexico Grisly Beyond Words -- Washington Times
Slang terms created as a way to deal with reality.
MEXICO CITY | There are a half-dozen words for drug cartel informants, and double that for drug war dead. “Narco” has become a general prefix.
The trend has people worrying that Mexico is developing a kind of offhand jargon that anesthetizes people by making escalating violence seem routine.
Some observers, however, say slang and euphemisms can help people deal with the horrors around them.
Slang for those killed in Mexico’s bloody drug war depends on how the victims are found. “Encobijados” are bodies wrapped in blankets. “Encajuelados” are those stuffed in car trunks. “Encintados” are suffocated in packing tape.
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