Officials in one of Mexico's popular tourist areas are reeling to keep a reputation of violence from prevailing after the bodies of six men were found hanging from bridges earlier this week.
The gruesome discoveries were made at three different locations around the Los Cabos resort on Wednesday, December 20. Two bodies were recovered from each of three respective highway overpasses along routes leading to international airports in Cabo San Lucas, La Paz, and San Jose del Cabo.
"I condemn these acts and any expression of violence," Baja California Sur governor Carlos Mendoza Davis tweeted upon news of the lynchings. "Today more than ever Baja California Sur must be united to overcome this regrettable situation."
The intimidating murders are only the latest to take place during the decade-long drug war period that Mexico's government waged back in December of 2006. More than 200,000 have died or vanished as a result of territorial battles between cartels, and war with police and military forces since then.
Back in August, the high profile killing of three during a spat between rival gangs went down in a popular beach area not far from Los Cabos resort. The primary rivalry over the past three years in the region has been between the Sinaloa and Jalisco New Generation cartels. Baja California Sur now ranks third behind only Colima and Guerrero as the most violent states in Mexico, with a homicide rate of 50 per 100,000 residents.
Source: nydailynews.com
