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Mexican drug lords are forcing kidnap victims to engage in fights to the death.
In a chilling twist to the drugs violence that has so far claimed over 40,000 lives, men are given machetes and knives and ordered at gunpoint to fight for their lives in gladiator-style contests.
The winner is often 'rewarded' by being forced to go on a suicide mission and kill rival cartel members by shooting up their town.
The idea of the contest is for cartel bosses to find new recruits who are willing to kill without mercy.
The horrific contests were revealed by a drug trafficker connected to the ultra violent Zetas cartel.
Zetas are believed to be behind the mass graves of hundreds of mutilated victims that have been found in recent months in central Mexico.
Almost 200 bodies were found near the Mexican city of San Fernando with most having died from blunt force trauma.
Many are thought to be victims of the blood sport where cartel chiefs re-enact the gladiator contests.
The cartel member, who is not identified, said the victims were bus passengers who were hijacked while travelling across Mexico.
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