33 People Killed In One Day In Northern Mexico

Authorities load the bodies of two bodyguards of the governor of the state of Nuevo Leon in Monterrey, Mexico on June 15. In total, 33 people were killed in the city in one day.


Just yesterday, 33 Mexicans were brutally murdered in the northern area of Mexico called Nuevo Leon (which includes the city of Monterrey). That's right...not a typo...33 people killed in ONE day. Hell, we have seen huge suicide bombings in Iraq and in Pakistan that don't kill that number of people in one day.

From the story at Breitbart:

Mexico's northern state of Nuevo Leon, home to the industrial city of Monterrey, saw 33 killings Wednesday, in the most violent day in recent history, officials said Thursday.

The prosperous region, home to many foreign companies, was until recently considered a safe haven as drug violence increased in parts of Mexico.

But a bloody turf war between the Gulf cartel and its former hitmen the Zetas has spilled into the state in less than two years, producing daylight shootouts, grenade attacks and a climate of fear.

A spokesman for Nuevo Leon government, who requested anonymity, said 33 violent killings were recorded in and around state capital Monterrey, an area of some four million, on Wednesday.

Many of Wednesday's killings bore the signs of drug gang vendettas, including the discovery of the mutilated corpses of two bodyguards of State Governor Rodrigo Medina, along with a message allegedly from the Gulf gang.

At what point in time is the situation in Mexico going to be labeled correctly? When will it be called by it's true name? An insurgency. This isn't a land of some spotty violence or gang fights...this is a campaign of terror and intimidation and death. And it will continue moving north. Yes...across our border.

33 killed in violent in Mexico's Nuevo Leon


Mexico's northern state of Nuevo Leon, home to the industrial city of Monterrey, saw 33 killings Wednesday, in the most violent day in recent history, officials said Thursday.

The prosperous region, home to many foreign companies, was until recently considered a safe haven as drug violence increased in parts of Mexico.

But a bloody turf war between the Gulf cartel and its former hitmen the Zetas has spilled into the state in less than two years, producing daylight shootouts, grenade attacks and a climate of fear.

A spokesman for Nuevo Leon government, who requested anonymity, said 33 violent killings were recorded in and around state capital Monterrey, an area of some four million, on Wednesday.

Before then, the highest number recorded were 18, on May 20, including 14 in a deliberate fire in a jail in Apodaca town.

Many of Wednesday's killings bore the signs of drug gang vendettas, including the discovery of the mutilated corpses of two bodyguards of State Governor Rodrigo Medina, along with a message allegedly from the Gulf gang.

Parts of Mexico, particularly near the US border, have seen a rise in suspected drug violence, with more than 37,000 deaths blamed on drug gangs since the launch of a military crackdown on organized crime at the end of 2006.