A group of gunmen sparked terror in the coastal state of Veracruz when they dumped several dismembered bodies in the main town square.
The incident took place this week in the town of Cazones de Herrera, Veracruz, when a group of gunmen pulled up to the main town square in a black Jeep and began throwing out dismembered human remains.
A cell phone video captured the moment when the gunmen dumped the severed body parts and then placed a posterboard nearby. As the gunmen prepared to leave, they fired their weapons into the air, drawing attention to the gory crime scene.
The message appears to be from a new criminal organization calling themselves Mafia Veracruzana FEGS. The new cartel is allegedly made up of former members of Cartel Jalisco New Generation. It remains unclear how many victims the body parts belonged to and if they were part of a criminal organization.
The state government issued a social media statement claiming they were investigating the case.
The state of Veracruz has been a hotspot for violence for several years as several drug cartels and independent criminal organizations have been fighting for control of the state’s shipping ports and highways that connect to Mexico City and the central part of the country. Veracruz has long been considered the prime logistic real state for criminal organizations.
Ildefonso Ortiz is an award-winning journalist with Breitbart Texas. He co-founded Breitbart Texas’ Cartel Chronicles project with Brandon Darby and senior Breitbart management. You can follow him on Twitter and on Facebook. He can be contacted at Iortiz@breitbart.com.
Brandon Darby is the managing director and editor-in-chief of Breitbart Texas. He co-founded Breitbart Texas’ Cartel Chronicles project with Ildefonso Ortiz and senior Breitbart management. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook. He can be contacted at bdarby@breitbart.com.
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