Mexico's Drug Cartels Reveal A Brutality That Shocks Even The Most Hardened Obswervers

Murder scene: More than 30,000 people have been killed in drug-related violence in Mexico in the last two years

Mexican Drug Cartels Force Kidnap Victims To Fight To The Death In Barbaric Gladiator-Style Contests -- The Daily Mail

Mexican drug lords are forcing kidnap victims to engage in fights to the death.

In a chilling twist to the drugs violence that has so far claimed over 40,000 lives, men are given machetes and knives and ordered at gunpoint to fight for their lives in gladiator-style contests.

The winner is often 'rewarded' by being forced to go on a suicide mission and kill rival cartel members by shooting up their town.

The idea of the contest is for cartel bosses to find new recruits who are willing to kill without mercy.

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More News On The Brutality Of Mexico's Drug cartels

Report: Drug traffickers staging gladiatorlike fights with captives -- CNN
Mexico drug gangs force gladiator-style death matches -- The Telegraph
Mexican gangster describes drug cartels’ extreme violence -- Pajamas Media
Mexico's Tales of Bus Passengers Forced to Fight to the Death -- Atlantic Wire
Mexican Cartel Thug Claims Gladiator Games Recruit Killers -- Newsmax
Report: Zetas gang recruits new members with gladiator games -- Yahoo News/The Lookout

My Comment: Mexico's civil war is now impacting lives on the U.S. side of the border. Newsmax has a comprehensive report on what is happening .... and not surprisingly .... I tried to find what the main stream media is reporting to complement Newsmax's coverage .... and I could not find anything.