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Some videos feature "interrogations" where captured rivals are forced to confess to crimes or name associates before their execution, serving as both intelligence gathering and a public warning.

The brutality captured on film often carries symbolic weight. In some instances, the violence is tied to emergent "narcocultos" (drug cults), where beheadings and torture are performed with a ritualistic or spiritual justification, further escalating the level of brutality. This "extralethal violence" aims to dehumanize the victim completely, stripping them of dignity to demonstrate the perpetrator's absolute control over life and death. Social Media and Dissemination mexican-cartel-execution-video

Cartels use these recordings to fulfill several strategic goals: This "extralethal violence" aims to dehumanize the victim

The proliferation of these videos has profound consequences: further escalating the level of brutality.

By broadcasting acts of extreme cruelty, criminal organizations instill a "social function" of fear that goes beyond the death of a single victim. This terror discourages "snitching" and ensures compliance with extortion demands.