Eleven narco-messages were placed at Guadalajara’s busiest intersections Monday morning to greet early-rising Tapatios driving or walking into work or school.
The messages were signed by the “United Mexican cartels against Los Zetas” and asked President Felipe Calderon to retire the army and navy from the drug war and permission to wipe out Los Zetas cartel.
“Mr. President Felipe Calderon with all the respect that you deserve, we ask you to let us help you to end the cancer of the country. Poison should be combated with the same poison. After we’ve finished with them (Los Zetas) continue your work,” read one message.
The messages were placed at the Eva Briseño and Patria junction, on Lazaro Cardenas between the Mercado de Abastos and Cruz del Sur, Avila Camacho and Patria and Parres Arias and Periferico amongst other places. State police quickly took them down.
Similar messages appeared Monday in Chihuahua and Durango reiterating the demand to withdraw troops from the drug war.
Narco-messages have become increasingly prominent in the last few years of the war on drug cartels as a way of getting public attention and making demands. They are more commonly placed next to dead bodies.
Guadalajara has largely escaped the violence that has gripped some Mexican states making the messages a rare sight for Tapatios.
Over the last month increased fighting in certain parts of Mexico, particularly Tamualipas, has been blamed on the breakup of the alliance between the Gulf Cartel and its former armed wing, Los Zetas. There are fears the drug war could escalate even more due to the breakup.
In the past two weeks, at least eight Mexican journalists have been abducted in the Reynosa border area, just across from McAllen, Texas.
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