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Two Heads Found Near Mexico City

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As cartels begin targeting online critics.

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Mexico’s drug violence continues, as two more heads were found near Mexico City Monday morning. While police have not identified the victims, a Wall Street Journal report looks at the drug cartels’ increased targeting of their online critics. Last September, police found the severed head of a narco-news blogger named “NenaDLaredo.” The head was found with a letter warning other social-media critics that they could be next and was signed with a “Z” for Los Zetas.

Read it at The Wall Street Journal