One of the signs of the peak of a crime wave is the rallying cries by public that a crime wave exists, and something should be done about it. The press mention below is an increasingly more typical outcry over crime that will undoubtedly lead to increased public pressure to resolve the problem.
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From the Associated Press.
MONTERREY, Mexico — More than 7,000 people have gathered in the northern Mexico city of Monterrey to protest a wave of violence that has affected the country's third largest city in recent weeks.
Most of the protesters wore white at a rally in Monterrey's main park and some released white balloons and a white dove as signs of peace.
Nuevo Leon state Gov. Rodrigo Medina led the protesters on a brief walk through Fundidora Park. His border state has seen a surge in violence that authorities blame on a turf war between the Gulf drug cartel and the Zetas, the cartel's former hit men.
Hours before the rally Sunday, two soldiers and a civilian were wounded in a shootout between troops and gunmen in Monterrey.
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This protest is the outcry over the recent beheading of the Police Chief in Northern Mexico; see below:
Again, from the Associated Press,
Monterrey(Mexico), Mar 27 (AFP) - The headless bodies of a police chief and another man presumed to be a police officer turned up in the trunk of a police car in north Mexico, local justice officials have said.
The bodies of the police chief of Agualeguas town, in Nuevo Leon state, and the apparent officer were found in the abandoned car yesterday, prosecutor Alejandro Garza told journalists.
"We assume that the crime is linked to organised crime, due to the savagery of the killing," Garza said.
Mexico's powerful drug gangs often carry out beheadings and torture to send messages to their enemies, and deadly attacks occur almost daily amid a military clampdown on organised crime.
