Hitmen's bloody reign all about logic, trafficker says

CAMARGO, Mexico (CNN) -- There are no welcome signs on the approach to Camargo.

It's a hardscrabble Mexican border town and home turf for "Los Zetas," a gang of hitmen and corrupt former special forces cops on the bankroll of the Gulf Cartel.

Local journalists explained if we went there we'd be getting "tangled up in the hooves of the horse." They said Zeta gunmen recently smashed one reporter's fingers with a hammer as a warning to the media to stay away.

The plaza was deserted -- for a few minutes at least. Then the throb of engines broke the Sunday morning peace. Scores of pickup trucks with heavily tinted windows began circling. Occasionally a window would crack open. We were clearly being watched.
A black SUV pulled up alongside the soda stand. One of the occupants stepped out. First I saw the ostrich skin cowboy boots, then the highly polished 9 mm pistol strapped to his side. It was loaded with a longer-than-usual ammunition clip, custom-made to pack extra bullets. It was a brazen flouting of Mexican law to carry a gun that way.
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[AlucardBadAss]

que pendejada en cd juarez ni hay zetas, hay gente del chapo y de la linea no mamen pinches gringos

[icecoldzero00]

whr is felip calderon!?!?!??!

[1pelavacas]

the pig mask is sum scary shit

[hukeeaboo]

how is lawmakers to blame? if they did this then they are happy

[iikkjslsjjiuhs]

US lawmakers, I hope you are happy with this, the results of your stupid, corrupt, failed drug Prohibition policies.