Two black plastic bags were placed on the road near Main Street. Many people thought that someone left behind some groceries or goods and just passed the bags by. Can someone imagine cruelly-severed heads are in the bags? People do not think of such things normally. However, this terrible imagination was true. This incident happened near Mexico City's Main Street.

▲ Mexico City`s Zocalo Square

On November 2nd, on an intersection, which is eight blocks from Mexico City's Main Street, Zoclao Square, two plastic bags were found. Each bag had a severed head inside. The prosecution thinks that this was the doing of drug trafficking organizations as they continue to investigate. Drug organizations want to cause public fear and show their power to rival organizations, so they brutally damage corpses and put body parts inside bags. Moreover, we do not know where the victim's other body parts are.

▲ Mexico City navy personnel were involved in drug organizations mop-up operations

Drug organizations often damage corpses brutally, but this case is so rare. Moreover, there is a Korean shop selling clothes and goods just four blocks from the intersection. Last year, in Mexico City's South suburb slum, a gun battle happened. During the Navy's drug organizations mop-up operations, this gun battle happe

▲ Demonstration against narcotic crimes in Mexico

ned. Including the organization's head, eight people were dead. At that time, 1,300 police officers and navy personnel were involved. Mexico City first thought that this criminal organization's influence was not so big, until now. However, recently many people are worried about the organization's power expanding in Mexico City.

The drug trafficking organization's cruelty is becoming worse. More terrible, harmful incidents can continue to happen if everyone will not cooperate to solve this serious problem. There are still many threatening organizations all around the world. Governments should enforce stricter rules which can protect people from becoming victims. Many innocent people are trembling with fear. No one should be damaged by organizations just for their means of showing their powers off to others.

Nov.11th by 신지원