Mexico's Drug War

Burnsy2023 · 13 Feb 2010 at 13:08

I'm watching this programme on iPlayer and it's chilling to the bone.

It details the drug cartels that murder on a unprecedented scale. It shows the 'Stew Maker' who disposed of 300 human bodies by dissolving them in Caustic Soda. It goes through how the Mexican Police is trying to stop the drug cartels but are finding they are up against internal corruption and very well armed opposition. It's really a powerful programme.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00qszsf/This_World_20092010_Mexicos_Drug_War/

The programme is available until late Sunday.

4T5 · 13 Feb 2010 at 13:10

Excellent heads up, Cheers.
Will post back once I've watched it later after my visitor & mid-day Forza 3 session.

Yas786 · 13 Feb 2010 at 13:11

Stew maker...apt name for the guy..making stew out of his victims :/

Will watch this later when i get some time away from the missus

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Burnsy2023 · 13 Feb 2010 at 13:13

I'll warn you, it's rather graphic in places.

4T5 · 13 Feb 2010 at 13:14

Burnsy2023 said:
I'll warn you, it's rather graphic in places.

Outstanding.

alexakasloth · 13 Feb 2010 at 13:31

Good heads up burnsy, i'll give it a watch in a bit

Earth[Tera].bin · 13 Feb 2010 at 13:52

Watched this today, 7 year old boy shot in the head as he got out his Dad's car. Apparently they targeted the boy to get back at his Dad. Programmes quite sad in places.

Burnsy2023 · 13 Feb 2010 at 13:54

Earth[Tera].bin;15953846 said:
Watched this today, 7 year old boy shot in the head as he got out his Dad's car.

Seeing the blood on the car where the boy dragged himself out and then the body on the floor really made my stomach turn.

Pigeon_Killer · 13 Feb 2010 at 14:03

Cheers Burnsy. Quite good timing given I watched Traffic last night.

danza · 13 Feb 2010 at 14:27

*subscribes*

I love documentaries about this sort of thing. The best one I watched recently was the two part video interview with Richard 'The Ice Man' Kuklinski, a mafia employed hitman who killed many people for all manner of reasons. Very chilling, but morbidly compelling.

Hopefully I'll remember to catch up and watch this on iPlayer.

BloomerzUK · 13 Feb 2010 at 14:33

Burnsy2023 said:
Seeing the blood on the car where the boy dragged himself out and then the body on the floor really made my stomach turn.

The emotion in the voice of the narrator.. the kid looked really innocent and was really bright (went to school in Texas).. I moan about living in this country.. now I understand how lucky I am..

TaKeN · 13 Feb 2010 at 15:25

Interesting stuff, very sad.

Almost unthinkable as to how they'll ever figure out such a mess.

A2Z · 13 Feb 2010 at 16:23

I just watched this, great programme thanks

Really makes you think.... how bad it is over ther..to be scared to just live your normal life...

amkan13 · 13 Feb 2010 at 18:13

thanks for the heads up, it was a great program.

Jimmy1983 · 13 Feb 2010 at 18:16

danza said:
I love documentaries about this sort of thing. The best one I watched recently was the two part video interview with Richard 'The Ice Man' Kuklinski, a mafia employed hitman who killed many people for all manner of reasons. Very chilling, but morbidly compelling.

Was this on the iPlayer aswell?

Hamster · 13 Feb 2010 at 18:25

Jimmy1983 said:
Was this on the iPlayer aswell?

PART1
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=5740692213665972395#

PART2
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=5740692213665972395#docid=5116812489134120077