Gangs Fight It Out On YouTube

Two Mexican gangs are using YouTube to promote their violence and taunt their enemies, Reuters reports. One video on the site reportedly shows a man being shot in the head and a “stomach-churning series of photos” shows another execution victim with a missing face (here’s the video, watch with caution). Reuters says:

YouTube members boast in Spanish about the powers of rival capos Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, head of the Sinaloa-based gang, and arch-foe Osiel Cardenas, the Gulf Cartel’s leader, recently extradited to the United States…

In one YouTube post, a user offers about $4,500 to anyone who can show proof of having killed members of The Zetas, “via photo, video or presenting the body…

A spokesperson for YouTube, which is owned by Internet search company Google, said the firm “does not allow videos showing dangerous or illegal acts.”

However, videos on the site include the footage of a man being shot in the head in a murder attributed to The Zetas. It has been viewed more than 280,000 times.

Reuters.com