Human Flower Project
Coronas for Cavazos
Wreaths of flowers were delivered to a funeral home in Santiago, Mexico, August 19 – for the wake of the city’s mayor Edelmiro Cavazos. The 39 year old mayor was abducted from his home early August 16. His body was discovered two days later on a road nearby. Santiago is 20 miles from Monterey, in Northern Mexico.
Six of the town’s police officers have since been arrested for their roles in the murder. Authorities say the killing was related to the ongoing turf war among rival drug cartels in Nuevo Leon and other parts of Mexico.
Time reports that since December 2006, when Mexico’s current president Felipe Calderón took office, “there have been an incredible 28,000 drug-related killings.”
Funeral wreaths in memory of mayor Edelmiro Cavazos are arrayed outside the funeral home where his wake was held August 19. Cavazos allegedly was killed by members of a drug cartel working in collusion with local police.
Photo: Reuters