Six men found alive but with hands severed in western Mexico

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Reuters

Six men found alive but with hands severed in western Mexico
Mon Oct 17, 2016 | 11:17pm EDT


Six men were found alive with their hands cut off on Monday on the outskirts of Guadalajara, Mexico's second biggest city, while a seventh was pronounced dead at the scene, the state attorney general's office said.

The men were found in the Guadalajara suburb of Tlaquepaque in western Jalisco state, one of the regions most hotly contested by Mexican drug gangs.

The six men were receiving medical attention, but had not been arrested, an official with the attorney general's office said, adding that an investigation is underway.

A local reporter published on Twitter what purported to be several photos of the grisly scene, including a note next to one of the men suggesting they were targeted by a vigilante justice outfit that calls itself Elite Anti-Bandit Group.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-violence-idUSKBN12I08B?rpc=401

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[ailsagirl]

1. Oh. My. God.

[Hulk]

2. Sick butchers in "the New World". They are in every continent. Sick bastards.

I really hope there is a hell...although I'm not holding my breath on that one.

[Reiyuki]

3. Traditional Columbus Day festivities?

(Christopher Columbus was really fond of hand-chopping)

[allan01]

4. why are we so cruel to each other ?

[JohnnyRingo]

5. Sounds like a Mexican version of Guardian Angels.

Apparently these men were bad guys who met ruthless street justice at the hands of vigilantes. It's clear their lives were spared to send a message to others who decide Guadalajara would be a good base for criminal enterprise. I don't suppose these guys have much of a career in crime anymore.

The cartels have terrorized entire towns for a long time south of the border. It seems people have had enough of corrupt law enforcement.

[EL34x4]

8. If this is the case, I'm not too sympathetic to their plight.

I've seen videos of what these cartels have done to people.

[Helen Borg]

6. How do you survive with hands chopped off?

I mean, you would bleed to death within minutes. And it's not like you can use your hands to try to use something to compress the arms...

[EL34x4]

7. People survive amputations all the time.

Your veins constrict back inside where they are compressed by muscle. Granted, it depends on how clean the amputation was.