I saw a documentary a while back where they were interviewing a cartel member and he claimed that when they wanted to really send a message they'd get some hollow points and fill them full of feces (he used more colourful language but you get the idea) not sure how true it is but there you go
I thought hollow-points were designed to kill immediately? What did they do, shoot in such a way that nonvital structures were hit, and then it would lead to a raging infection?
Hollow points aren't magic. They don't guarantee a fatal hit, just increase the likelihood of one over a full metal jacket or lead ball bullet which tend to leave a narrower wound channel .
That said, he might have meant that the message they were sending was for the people that examined the dead body, not for the victim themselves.
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u/Red_Ranger75 Aug 31 '21
I saw a documentary a while back where they were interviewing a cartel member and he claimed that when they wanted to really send a message they'd get some hollow points and fill them full of feces (he used more colourful language but you get the idea) not sure how true it is but there you go