Guest Reporter Javier
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Yesterday the Facebook news page of the weekly “Playa News Aqui y Ahora”, was the first to report the hanging of a manta, supposedly signed by Old School zetas taking responsibility of the Blue Parrot Club shooting, in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo.
We held back from publishing the story in hopes of verifying its authenticity. Although blogs have gone with the story, few mainstream media published it. El Debate was the closest to mainstream that did. However since readers have asked about it, here is what we know.
A manta was hanged in Playa del Carmen and Playa News took photos of the narco message before it was taken down. The photo above is the image the news source took and published.
Paraphrased:
This is a sign (presumably speaking of the shooting) that we are here, it happened because Phillip-BPM, (music festival) not aligning. It's the beginning; we will cut the heads of Golfos, (CDG) Pelones and Chapulines. Signed, “El Fayo” Z Vieo Escuela
Supposedly, members of the Golfo Cartel had attempted to invade the event for the purpose of selling drugs. That act would have provoked a territorial dispute confrontation between them and Zetas.
The alleged message of "Los Zetas" would indicate that would confirm that the killing in the Blue Parrot was a confrontation by the dispute of the square between groups of the narco and not a conflict between two individuals as authorities insisted and would like the public to believe.