Update: Messages from Zetas in Guatemala

More banners supposedly written by the Zetas appeared in Guatemala on Wednesday supporting the claim that the message thanking President Pérez for his drug legalization proposal were not written by Zetas. One white sheet written with the message appeared hanging from a roadside sign at the entrance to a village in Chiquimula while, more ominously, another appeared wrapped around the body of a university student, who had been shot three times. Although firefighters (who operate as first responders in Guatemala) found the student alive, he subsequently died in the hospital. The message, the same on both sheets, threatened the leader of the Líder political party, Manuel Baldizon, who came in second place in the most recent presidential elections. The alleged Zetas blame Líder for posting the previous banners I commented on in my previous posts (here and here), threatening to kill the politician if other messages appear in the Zetas' name. The message read: "Baldizon hijo de tu puta madre, deja de mandar a poner mantas a nombre mío!! Yo soy el Z200 te mataré hasta el perro de tu casa y a todos los del lider att. Z200." In English: "Baldizon, you son of a bitch, stop putting up signs in my name. I am Z200 and I will kill even your dog and everyone in Líder. attn: Z200." You can read an article about this in Spanish here.