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This style of helmet is worn in rural Mexico by people portraying centurions in plays during Easter week. The helmets were found in a rural area in the Michoacán department in western Mexico.
The Knights Templar emerged in 2010, announcing itself on banners strung across the country. The Knights’ leaders claimed this was the new name of La Familia Michoacana, an organized crime syndicate that is the main producer of methamphetamine to the United States.
The rename was also a rebrand, according to those banners, which stated that the Knights were committed to “Safeguarding of order, preventing robberies, kidnappings and extortions,” The Monitor, a newspaper in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas, reported. In about a year, however, the Knights Templar earned a reputation for violence and drug trafficking.
Then again, the name may be fitting.
The Knights take their name from the original Knights Templars, which were founded during the Middle Ages. Although the 13th-century Knights were a charitable organization, they were also the most vicious crusaders.
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The Knights Templar were not as viscous as the jihadist in those days. Remember that the crusades were in response to the first Jihad to invade eastern Europe and the mast murder and genocide committed against Christians by the Muslims.
Islam better get ready for the next Crusade as the rest of the world has had enough of their bull-crap. We are tired of their worship of murdering innocents in the name of their pagan moon god Allah (that was the Arab pagan moon god's name before the child molesting Muhammad took it over their religion that was not of Abraham).
Well the problem seems to be that the Christens and the civilized world play by one set of rulles (politically correct) and the Muslims play by another. If the Western world does not understand they need to take off the kid gloves, the Muslims will be to far along to stop
@mgo are you smoking crack?the first crusade,let see all the nice things Christians did took the holy city spare no one woman,children,old,Jewish read your history better they piled the bodies before the temple mound nice way to show god's love
The plain truth is that it is American demand for drugs that has fueled the rise of these vicious gangs and cartels. People in the US need to understand what exactly they are funding by buying and using drugs. We need a massive GRAPHIC anti-drug campaign akin to the anti-smoking campaigns of the late 1960's and 1970's.
The plain truth is that you people need to get off that apology train you've been riding with Calderon as the conductor.
Everybody with half a brain is responsible for his own decisions. Every drug addict is responsible for his/her decision to take the drug and every damn drug dealer, drug runner and drug murderer is responsible for his/her decision to do what he or she does.
Don't believe me? Ask any fricking judge in any court of law. It's called personal responsibility.
Screminmimi: Most don't like the truth. Especially when it hit's home.
I think the drug lords have tunnel vision and are unable to see the bigger picture. They do not understand the true power of hi-tech agriculture in finance and how it can support, employ and feed the people.
It is interesting that there is all of this time, money, hatred and killing invested in the drug war when you can raise produce and herbs in a specialized growing system and generate near as good of a return as raising marijuana or cocaine. The demand for locally grown produce and herbs in every part of the world is greater than marijuana and cocaine. It cost me 600k to setup every acre on this system and I have my cost back plus a healthy premium at the end of the first year. See thegardenmaster dot com. No wars, no armies, no killing, no prison, no hiding and no cross country distribution and no drug enforcement costs to the people. It employs people, it feeds people and it reduces our tax exposure. Cash in and cash out year-round. They could be the heroes of the people instead of the enemies of the people. thegardenmasterqc@gmail.com
I commend you for your efforts Gardenmaster,however these gangs could give a @!$%# less about the people.
They are in it for the money and the power that goes with it,they will throw a few crumbs to the peasants along with the threat of terror to ensure their co-operation or apathy either one suits them just fine.
They are like the godfather, 99.9% of the profits will be retained by them,everyone else be damned.
It's past due-we must out 80,000 troops on Mexico border,land mines,bases set up all along the border with towers for snipers and machine guns,drones that fire rocket,attack helichopters,even across border invassions-if we do this plus across border attacks on drug cartels places we can stop illegal aliens and all drugs from coming in.Mexico can't do @!$%#,their military is weak plus their best troops went to work for drug cartels.A woman in Texas was walking her baby ina stroller and got a bullet in her leg from cartel fighting with Mexico's military-what is it going to take for lame obama,Janet head of homeland sucerity to do something.We invade two muslim countries-which we should have not done while America has been invaded by Mexico and islamic terrorist-just walked across the border-All American's want the border with mexico completely close down with troop with orders to shoot,we must protect our country and it's people at all cost.Maybe we need to get citizens on the border and kill all who try to inter-ole obama would freak out he would lose his illegal hispanic voter along with legal ones-I HAVE HAS ENOUGH OF THIS UN AMERICAN PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS.Next election this year vote all people out,then next election vote them out-don't let any of them to become professional politican-We the People must do this to get our country back-just make sure you vote obama out,he is the biggest danger to this country-just look at the damage he has done while in office.