FIVE DRUG CARTEL ASSASSIN HAVE BEEN BRUTALLY BEHEADED BY THEIR RIVALS IN A GRUESOME ISUS STYLE.

 FIVE DRUG CARTEL ASSASSIN HAVE BEEN BRUTALLY BEHEADED BY THEIR RIVALS IN A GRUESOME ISUS STYLE.

 

Five drug cartel assassins have been brutally beheaded by their rivals in a gruesome ISIS-style execution video.

Footage shared on social media showed the men confessing to extorting and abducting locals in Motozintla, Chiapas, Mexico, with the help of corrupt police officers.

They also outed a local politician from the MORENA political party according to BorderlandBeat - the same political party as the current President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

The Sinaloa Cartel is considered the country's biggest drug trafficking organisation and was led by infamous drug lord Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán until his arrest in 2016.

The hitmen had reportedly been accused of killing three businessmen in Chiapas.

It is unclear which cartel the executioners belong to. 

The Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), the only cartel that rivals the Sinaloans in terms of size, is known to have a presence in Chiapas. The men could also belong to a local group.

In one clip, one of the captives confesses: "We were apprehending citizens with the Ministerial, State and sector police. 

This was done because we had an agreement with them. They were being paid every month by us.

"We were abducting people from the businesses. As well as kidnapping individuals from drug spots where marijuana and cocaine were being sold. 

So that they would fall into formation with us. Whoever wouldn’t align with us was disappeared. It was by this manner that the citizens of Motozintla would pay us extortion."

In a second, the executioners are seen simultaneously hacking at the necks of their captives with machetes. 

It takes them 26 seconds to fully decapitate them, triumphantly holding the heads aloft after they have done so.

Gripping a head, one turns to the camera and says: "This goes out to all the son of a bitch Sinaloan gunmen who try to come kill here.

"The town of Motozintla already has a plaza, it has its owner you sons of bitches. Get the f**k out of here you f**kers.

"The next sons of bitches who try to come through here will meet a fate worse than this."

The practice was popularised by Los Zetas, a cartel formed by members of the US-trained Mexican Special Forces after they deserted their ranks.

According to Homeland Security Today, one of Los Zetas leaders - Iván Velázquez Caballero - earned himself the nickname 'El Talibano' (in reference to the Taliban) after carrying out similar executions.