https://globalnews.ca/news/2401731/mexican-hitman-who-killed-30-people-reveals-gruesome-reality-of-cartel-violence/

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/torture-widespread-practice-mexico-say-activists-victims-rcna35708

https://watchpeopledie.tv/h/cartel/post/81439/mexican-cartel-worst-torture-methods [explicit video]

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2014/11/surviving-mexico-s-torture-epidemic/

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2016/06/mexico-sexual-violence-routinely-used-as-torture-to-secure-confessions-from-women/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvmzwYFL600&ab_channel=CrimeDynasty

https://www.ap.org/news-highlights/spotlights/2024/in-the-heartland-of-mexicos-sinaloa-cartel-the-old-ways-have-changed-and-violence-rages/

https://watchpeopledie.tv/h/cartel/post/198769/guerrero-flaying-correctly-translated [warning: explicit video]

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/cartel-members-arrested-in-hunt-for-43-kidnapped-students-a6828741.html

https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-08-21/the-lagos-de-moreno-case-the-kidnapping-of-five-young-people-in-jalisco-and-the-video-that-destroyed-everything.html

https://people.com/5-young-men-kidnapped-mexico-disturbing-video-may-forced-kill-friend-7734871

https://www.borderlandbeat.com/2023/10/emotionless-this-is-how-z40-one-of.html

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3916896/zetas-mexican-cartel-lead-chopped-girl-axe/

https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Zetas-Trial-Day-7-8377004.php

https://sites.uab.edu/humanrights/2016/10/11/mexicos-interrogation-secrets-revealed/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/11/julio-cesar-mondragon-missing-mexican-students-tortured

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/former-top-police-official-mexico-arrested-torture-rcna1340

https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/buried-secrets-true-story-serial-murder-black-magic-and-drug

https://www.cato.org/commentary/corruption-drug-cartels-mexican-police