descendants of animals illegally brought to the country by late drug kingpin Pablo Escobar in the 1980s

At least six cartels are warring for control of the state.“And they dont just live there: They place themselves in these populations as providers.

many Mexicans feel the killings are a sign that things are spilling over beyond government control.the Sinaloa Cartel and the Northeast Cartel.theres a lack of the rule of law.

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Images SuppliedThe sole survivor.

Gun-toting gangsters follow the barefoot hostages as they walk up a mountainside in the state of Zacatecas in central Mexico.Motka is the first surviving hostage to testify at Elsheikhs trial in Alexandria.

Motka testified about the ordeal Thursday at the terrorism trial of El Shafee Elsheikh.Motka testified that for the first month of captivity.

Sotloff and Kassig were decapitated.A dispute over bathroom hygiene prompted a particularly intense beating.