One teenager played dead and then managed to find help. There was a whole newspaper article on it,but Im sure it was just a hoax to get my sympathy for "those animals" crossing our borders.
Hmm, you'd think at least one or two of them would have said "sure, I'll do that", and then try to escape later. 
Thats perhaps true,but like I said,all I have to go on is what the witness said,and such things have happened before,just not on that scale (or at least thats the first Ive heard of it). But yea,I guess its more plausable the drug dealers are so angry,just like some americans are,that these illegals are breaking the law and sneaking into the US that they decided to take matters into their own hands. That makes much more sense than they were shot for somehow refusing to cooperate with the drug dealers. I mean,we all know,drug dealers are forgiving sorts and no one ever gets shot for not doing what they want.
The fact is,I think its safe to assume,the drug dealers wanted something from them or wanted them to do something and they didn't do it. Otherwise why would they have shot them. They are murderous thugs,but its not like they round of 72 people and shoot them for fun. From a purely logical standpoint, they had to have wanted something from them and they were either unable or unwilling to provide it. Apperantly the idea that illegals were being shaken down by drug dealers and 72 people ended up being murdered becuase they did not do what the drug dealers wanted conflicts with the thesis that its a good thing to shoot 72 people whose crime in actually on par with shoplifting,vandalism or petty theft. (Actually,those can get you more jail time) You may THINK that it should carry stiffer penalties,and I agree with you on that,but death is way beyond what is appropriate.
