Be careful where you vacation...

(AP) – 35 minutes ago

ACAPULCO, Mexico — Three headless bodies showing signs of torture were found just outside Acapulco and the bodies of five other men with multiple gunshot wounds were discovered in a car north of the Pacific resort, police said Saturday.

Police in the southwestern state of Guerrero, where Acapulco is located, said the three beheaded men appeared to be in their 20s and 30s, but their identities and a motive had not been determined. They were found on a peninsula a few miles south of Acapulco.

About 50 miles (80 kilometers) north, near the small town of Tecpan de Galeana, police discovered five bodies in a car left on a dirt road about 100 yards (90 meters) off a main highway.

A police report said all five men had been repeatedly shot. Two bodies were in the front of the vehicle and three in the trunk, the report said.

The U.S. State Department warned this week that parts of Guerrero state could be dangerous for travelers due to drug violence.

At the same time, the travel warning noted that Mexican officials make a concerted effort to protect foreign tourists and that "resort areas ... in Mexico do not see the levels of drug-related violence and crime reported in the border region and in areas along major drug trafficking routes."

More than 22,700 people have been killed in drug-related violence since President Felipe Calderon launched an offensive against cartels shortly after taking office in December 2006.

I hate to say this, but if there were people having a drug war over cocaine or heroin - I could almost understand it.  Strictly due to the financial aspects.

But a drug war over marijuana?!?!  It's weed, people!  

It's also about territory and who is disrupting their flow (respectivly) of POT to the United States.

WE smoke and snort 80% of everything that crosses that border.

Drug/cash seizures are #2 in revenue behind the IRS. They'll never legalize this cash cow. Not until every Mexican innocent man woman and child is gunned down in the crossfire.

...and I'll offer this as a solution.

"Los Pepes". Look it up.

Very nice...excellent indeed...

Not trying to make light of the story but this reminds me when I was a sophmore in college and went to Mazatlan with my college friends during Spring Break.  During this time period you could get drunk off of $10.00 because you buy a wristband that would admit you into any bar and drink whatever want as long as you want.  There was wet t-shirt contests.  You could walk down the streets with alcohol.  Ride in these golf car vehicles with alcohol.  Meet and hook up with chicks all day and night.  Some of the craziest nights I ever had in my life was during Spring Break over the years in Mazatlan.

Well point to the story is that one particular night a friend and I decided we wanted to see if we could find a local strip club to check out the local action.  So we hailed down a golf cart cabbie and hired him for the night for two reasons (1) we knew we were going deep into the city with the locals in the earlier morning hours and wanted to make sure we had a quick get away if need be and (2) make sure someone sober who knows the customs, language and culture is watching our backs.  We paid him like $100 which to him was a lot of money.  We only brought about $20 each in singles and a ten spot for the cover charge.  No credit cards or other cash so that we are not flashing around serious cash and no one would get an idea to mugg us (or at least we hoped).

Anyway we get there and I swear to God it was like a page out of the movie "From Dusk to Dawn" in that we walk in and we are the only two gringos in the joint.  Well we sit down. Order a beer an watch the show and what a show it was too.  This particular strip club takes volunteers from the audience and you can come onto the stage and have sex with any of the dancers you want for no additional money.  It was like a fricking gang-bang.  Moreover, I am pretty certain most of their dancers were under the age of 18.  If you wanted a one-on-one action privately  you have to pay more (or so our guide told us so).  Well long story short I was trashed out of my gourd but not trashed enough to see what was going on.  My friend thought he would be funny and volunteer me as a participant.  I politely refused but two of the dancers were having nothing to do with my refusal.  I told them I had a girlfriend and they didn't care.  I said that I had the clap and they didn't care.  I said I didn't have a rubber and they offered me one.  I said I didn't have any money for a tip and then they let me go.  I did not participate for many reasons but the primary reason being that I was frankly a little creeped out and kinda fearful for my saftey.  We finished our beers, got back to the strip and went about the process of working on hooking up with a co-ed... to which I felt much safer.

Over the years I have heard stories about stuff that happens in Mexico and I think from time to time how we could have easily been a victim in the situation we voluntarily and stupidly put ourselves into.  If we didn't think the situation through as much as we did perhaps we might have been a statistic too.

Jerson, funny story. - been in a few of those spots myself.

If you do that in most major US cities you're 100% for sure dead. Glad ya made it.

 Read it Count and watched the doc. Very little known about what they accomplished in the gen public. Delta had a hand in I think it but who cares.

Count, since it's Sat night and we're sitting around bullshiting.

How much involvement do you think Delta had in Los Pepes? There's no wrong answer imo.

Exactly my thought.

Ret, agreed but Delta wasn't getting anywhere tracking the signals . Los Pepes created the communication to chase I believe. Pablo was weak with family as anybody would be...Los Pepes exploited that.

"2 For One" was the word in Medillin and Cali by Los Pep.

...And also Delta, I believe provided locations of cartel family and members to Los Peps with boots and under cover intell.

Their hands were tied on slaughter and chaos but the job was done.

P Escobar has been factually documented as the most violent mass killer in the ranks of Hitler, Stalin etc...

Delta did not track him to that apt during the final breach but Delta blushed when they were not the ones that fired the headshot.

I respect that.

Been to Acapulco 5 times in the 90's such a shame what its turned into.

No more Palladium or Disco Beach.

So what's the safe hot spot to vaca this year?