Alleged beheading video airs on Web
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From Times Wire Reports
A video purportedly showing the beheading of a drug cartel hit man appeared on video-sharing website YouTube, and its makers called on Mexicans to kill more members of the gang.
The video, later removed by YouTube, appeared as the rival Gulf and Sinaloa gangs wage a bloody battle for trafficking routes.
“Do something for your country, kill a Zeta!” read a message opening the five-minute video posted Friday. The Zetas are believed to be ex-army operatives serving as hit men for the Gulf cartel.
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