Mexican gang: ‘We’re nice, really’

The violent Mexican drug gang who earlier this year dumped five severed heads on a disco dancefloor have taken the unusual step of placing adverts in newspapers to improve their image.

In the ads – which ran in slightly different versions in several newspapers – the gang known as ‘The Family’ claim that they are not criminals, but anti-crime vigilantes.

They say they want to rid the western Mexican state of Michoacan of kidnapping, robbery and methamphetamine dealing.

The gang – who in September shocked Mexico after bursting into a crowded disco and throwing five severed human heads onto the dancefloor – blamed the violence and crime on ‘the Milenio cartel, and some people named Valencia, and some gangs like the “30 Gang,” who have terrorized much of the state since the 1980s up to the present day.’

‘Perhaps at this time people don’t understand us, but we know that in the most affected regions, they understand our actions,’ the advert continued. ‘Our only reason for being is that we love our state, and we are not willing to allow the dignity of our people to be trampled on.’

In addition to battling violence, kidnapping and drug dealing, the gangsters also pledged the come down hard on ‘adulterated wine, which it is said comes from Tepito’. Which will come as a relief to Mexico’s wine enthusiasts.

The Family are no strangers to sending puzzling messages. After the heads-in-disco incident, they left a note at the scene saying: ‘The family does not kill for money. It does not kill women or innocent people. Those who die are those who must die. Everyone should know that this is divine justice.’

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