https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna34774234 

https://mundonow.com/en/los-chapitos-operator-suffers-torture-with-a-chainsaw-video/ 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7188297/Drug-lord-El-Chapo-tortured-rival-fell-unconscious.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/02/03/el-chapo-raped-girls-young-called-them-his-vitamins-witness-says/

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46282173 

https://allthatsinteresting.com/kiki-camarena 

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-sadistic-methods-employed-by-mexicos-lawless-cops-exposed

https://www.hrw.org/report/2011/11/09/neither-rights-nor-security/killings-torture-and-disappearances-mexicos-war-drugs 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombian_necktie 

https://apnews.com/article/sinaloa-cartel-el-nini-chapo-torture-2359d152adfb901de0e17ed80ff9e7aa

https://nypost.com/2023/04/19/el-chapos-sons-fed-enemies-to-tigers-used-chiles-for-torture/

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/el-chapo-trial-isaias-valdez-rio-torture-murder-rival-784485/ 

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/us/worse-than-any-horror-film-inside-a-los-zetas-cartel-kitchen-1.4225436 

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-24772724 

https://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/drug-cartel-rivals-behead-zetas-camera/story?id=16670584 

https://theworld.org/stories/2016/07/30/6-most-infamous-crimes-committed-mexicos-zetas-cartel 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_San_Fernando_massacre 

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/most-gruesome-cartel-killings-human-27928019 

https://www.borderlandbeat.com/2022/06/were-not-just-sicarios-were-also.html - WARNING! There is an actual picture of a severed human face in this link. 

https://www.ranker.com/list/mexican-cartel-tactics/harrison-tenpas 

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/nation-world/story/2023-08-16/horrifying-execution-video-recalls-darkest-days-of-mexicos-drug-cartel-brutality 

https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/crime/2023/11/15/mexican-drug-cartels-display-horrific-brutality-for-reasons-of-power/71508537007/