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Mexico drug cartel with its own ‘bible’

Ioan Grillo
Posted: July 24, 2009.
Published: July 24, 2009.

Print: The Telegraph

La Familia Michoacana, one of Mexico’s most violent drug cartels, claims its thugs are devout evangelical Christians and has its own “bible.” The group’s beliefs call for members to abstain from drugs themselves and do charity work, but to torture or kill anyone who betrays or opposes them.

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My favorite quote:  “Evil will only reign until Jesus stops it” .........so says the DRUG CARTEL SUPPORTER.

The motto of Christianity should be the line from that old song: “Bend me, shape me, anyway you want me…”

posted on July 24, 2009
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2. James Brian

Absolutely repugnant. And these gangs do so much horrifying work in American cities. To paraphrase Hitchens, “it’s too bad there isn’t a hell for them to go to.”

posted on July 26, 2009
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