Drug Cartel Stitches Rival’s Face on Soccer Ball

In one of the most shocking and gruesome discoveries you can imagine, the mutilated body of 36-year-old Hugo Hernandez was found on the streets of Los Mochis Mexico, cut into in seven pieces. The killing meant to serve as a chilling threat to members of the Juarez drug cartel. Reports state that a note left near the body read: “Happy New Year, because this will be your last”.

And to be certain that the frightening killing got the attention of the cartel, the assailants skinned Hernandez’s face and stitched it onto a soccer ball.

Confirmed Friday by Sinaloa state prosecutors, this brutal crime demonstrates a new level of brutality in the war between Mexico’s drug cartels.

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Virginia Tech Investigates Reported Sounds of Gunshots

UPDATE: The residence hall is directly across the street from a construction site, which could be the source of the sounds.

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Police at Virginia Tech are investigating “reported sounds of gunshots” on the campus, according to the school.

An alert on the university’s website says police are conducting a room by room search in Pritchard Hall on the Blacksburg, Va., campus. “Police have walked the halls and report NO residual smell of gunpowder,” WSET-TV reports.