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Escalation of border violence, includes beheadings, mutilations
Police found at least 49 mutilated corpses of dozens of men and women with their heads, hands and feet chopped off. The bodies were dumped at the entrance to the town of San Juan, on a highway that connects the city of Monterrey with Reynosa, adjacent to McAllen, Texas
The bodies, victims of warring drug cartels, were discovered before dawn Sunday. An estimated 50,000 people have been killed since December 2006.
Read more and watch the accompanying video here.
Those who set policy at the Periódico de la República de Arizona (Arizona Republic) — unwavering supporters of open border policies and amnesty provisions — relegated this horrific report of the war at our border to minor page 4 coverage. Obviously their push for increased trade and promotion of Mexico as a prized tourist destination, takes front and center over gruesome realities.