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Mexican Mayor Decapitated 6 Days After Taking Office, Head Found On Truck (www.ndtv.com)
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Arcos' death comes just three days after the new city government's secretary, Francisco Tapia, was shot to death.

"They were young and honest officials who sought progress for their community," Senator Alejandro Moreno wrote on social media.

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[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 22 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Haven’t the cartels already diversified into shit like avocados?

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 21 points 4 weeks ago

Yeah, that is to feed another US addiction, avocado toast.

Seriously though, legalizing drugs in the US would make a huge impact on reducung Mexican gang violence as things like produce are way less profitable than drug running.