Massacres in Mexico

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 38. Chapters: 2010 Chihuahua shootings, 2010 San Fernando massacre, 2011 Durango massacres, 2011 San Fernando massacre, 2012 Nuevo Laredo massacres, Acteal massacre, Aguas Blancas massacre, Altamira prison brawl, Apodaca prison riot, Cadereyta Jiménez massacre, Cananea strike, Coahuila mass graves, Corpus Christi massacre, Guerrero mass graves, List of massacres in Mexico, Nuevo León mass graves, The massacre in the Main Temple, Tlatelolco massacre, Tula massacre. Excerpt: The 2011 San Fernando massacre, also known as the second massacre of San Fernando, was the mass murder of 193 people by Los Zetas drug cartel at La Joya ranch in the municipality of San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Authorities investigating the massacre reported numerous hijackings of passenger buses on Mexican Federal Highway 101 in San Fernando, and the kidnapped victims were later killed and buried in 47 clandestine mass graves. The investigations began immediately after several suitcases and baggage were unclaimed in Reynosa and Matamoros, Tamaulipas. On 6 April 2011, the Mexican authorities exhumed 59 corpses from eight mass graves; by 7 June 2011, and after a series of multiple excavations, 193 bodies were exhumed from the mass graves in San Fernando. Reports mentioned that kidnapped victims were forced to fight to the death with other hostages, similar to a "gladiator fight from ancient Rome," where they were given knives, hammers, machetes, and clubs to find recruits who were willing to kill for their lives. In the blood sport, the survivor was recruited as a new hitman for Los Zetas; those who did not survive were buried in a clandestine gravesite. After the massacre, thousands of citizens from San Fernando fled to other parts of Mexico and to the United States. The Mexican government responded by sending 650 soldiers to San Fernando and establishing a military base in the municipality. The troops took over the duties of the police forces in the city and worked on social programs too. In addition, a total of 82 Zeta members were arrested by 23 August 2011. In 2012, after the two massacres in San Fernando, Tamaulipas, tranquility has been slowly returning to the city, along with its habitants that fled because of the violence. The Mexican authorities are not certain why Los Zetas decided to abduct people from buses, and then torture, murder, and bury them. They speculate that the Zetas may have forcibly recruited the passengers as foot soldiers for the orga