20-year-old Venancio Soberanis Pantoja was tortured to death before his body was disposed of by throwing it to crocodiles
Borderland Beat reports that some tourists and residents in the Mexican town of Lazaro Cardenas were standing on the bridge that crosses the Barra Santa Anna, a crocodile preserve, when they noticed a croc feasting on a human body. They notified the local authorities who with some soldiers took a rope and fashioned a noose with which they managed to snatch the body, minus one of its legs, from the croc’s grasp.
The body was later identifies as 20-year-old Venancio Soberanis Pantoja. Injuries to his head not believed to be inflicted by crocs, indicated that the youth had been tortured to death before being dumped into the preserve.
Lazaro Cardenas is located in the Mexican state of Michoacan, home to the Knights Templar drug cartel. The cartel has been known to throw its victims into the Barra Santa Anna. Feeding them to the crocs is a clever way of evidence disposal and sure beats having to dig graves.
In this case, some nosy tourists had to spoil a croc’s gourmet meal.
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