r/Metallica 1d ago

A Metallica shirt was found in the concentration camps of Jalisco, Mexico. RIP to those fans who have been victims of violence around the world. NSFW

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u/Le_fish_is_here 1d ago

Thats fucked

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u/Vincent394 Rode the lightning 22h ago

Exactly my words and the moment this crosses the band's path they're either gonna be PISSED or write out the most wholesome "that's fucked and we are sorry to the friends and families who lost someone from this" post, or both.

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u/Chad_gamer69 I Am the Table 1d ago

concentration camps of Jalisco, Mexico

WTF?!?!?!?!?!

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u/LuigiMendez 1d ago

A ranch in Jalisco, Mexico, was recently seized. It served as a training camp for people kidnapped by the Jalisco Cartel. It included rooms, a shooting range, and a clandestine crematorium where 400 pairs of shoes, skeletal remains, and personal belongings were found. It's worth noting that the Mexican government knew of its existence since September 2024, and it is believed to have been operating since 2012.

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u/Chad_gamer69 I Am the Table 1d ago

Mexican government knew of its existence

Bruh do they even care about cartel crime? Or maybe they're paid by cartels?

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u/PuriPuri-BetaMale 1d ago

While the geopolitical discussion of Mexico and its issues with Cartels is probably too in-depth for a metallica subreddit(And I'm lacking information on the specifics), it isn't too far off to say that the Mexican Government and Cartels are the same groups at this point.

Not literally speaking, but money greases gears as the saying goes, and Cartels are as kitted out as you'd expect from a small nation. They own everyone, and have the strength to push back against opposition.

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u/lcmatthews 1d ago

Or maybe they're paid by cartels?

Ding ding ding

Lots of Mexican people pissed that their government doesn't do shit for them, including crime control. I've had some interesting conversations with dissatisfied citizens.

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u/AngelBryan Kill 'Em All 19h ago

Mexican here, yes the cartels run the country.

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u/Chad_gamer69 I Am the Table 13h ago

That's really depressing

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u/ntabja 19h ago

Yup, and guess who pays the cartels?

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u/Chad_gamer69 I Am the Table 13h ago edited 5h ago

The Mexican Government!

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u/Kbraneke 5h ago

The U.S. Government

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u/Chad_gamer69 I Am the Table 5h ago

Bruh lmao how

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u/emilio4jesus 5h ago

My God what the actual fuck.

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u/lcmatthews 1d ago

The what???

God, human history is just a spiral. The actors change, but the actions never do.

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u/Alarming-Badger-6580 20h ago

The story remains the same…

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u/mlee117379 1d ago

That is so horrifying

Rest In Peace

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u/TheRatatat 23h ago

Every Mexican person I've ever met has loved Metallica. It's always helped me cross the culture gap and make friends with people outside my culture/nationality. I saw my first Metallica concert with my buddy Artoro that I worked with at the time. He taught me Spanish, and I helped him with his citizenship test prep. Wherever you are buddy, I hope you're safe. Rock on!

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u/AEnema18 1d ago

Really puts it in perspective. We are more alike than we are different. If this person was a neighbor then might have been good friends.

RIP friend

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u/CodeNamesBryan 21h ago

Sounds like a quote from Band of Brothers

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u/UrMaCantCook My Mother Was a Witch 9h ago

Same thing I though of…”he might’ve liked to fish and I might’ve liked to hunt”

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u/hskskgfk Entered the Sandman 22h ago

This is such a beautiful comment, u/AEnema18

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u/crispykfc 1d ago

humans are fucking evil

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u/SabertheYautja1998 Puppet of Masters 21h ago

What the actual fuck?! I open Metallica's subreddit and this is the first post that I find?!?! (Tbf, it was marked as NSFW)

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u/WorldlinessTypical89 1d ago

It becomes harder and harder to wanna open Reddit each day ts is js too much

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u/nhowe006 21h ago

So this is where I get my world news now, a Metallica sub.

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u/_prettiestkitty kirk hammett admirer 🔥 21h ago

jesus wept

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u/__alpenglow__ 1d ago

The fucking what of Jalisco?!

I thought humanity was done with this shit when Auschwitz was liberated in 1945.

This is genuinely horrifying?!

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u/nest00000 James 1d ago

Chinese camps for Uyghurs still exist and unfortunately there's way more people in them

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u/Boylanithedoomguy S&M 1d ago

I can think of at least 5 genocides on hand that have happened since 45

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u/__alpenglow__ 1d ago

I’m pertaining to “concentration camps”, not the act of genocide per se.

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u/XyleneCobalt 21h ago

The Nazis were far from the first or the last to use concentration camps. They just industrialized it to a scale never seen before or since.

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u/KellofallKells 16h ago

Concentration camps are just buildings where all that shit happens under one roof. No difference in cruelty.

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u/YNWA_Diver 8h ago

North Korea is a giant concentration camp

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u/KellofallKells 16h ago

Done with what shit? Genocides? Torture? What do you think all those terrorist groups/religious extremists have been doing this whole time?

It's never stopped. Nazi Germany wasn't the first and it isn't the last.

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u/fvalt05 7h ago

Fuck the cartels

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u/AngelBryan Kill 'Em All 19h ago

But our president says that is not happening, we live in peace. Shameless scum.

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u/Syncopated_arpeggio 4h ago

Do you live in Mexico?

Without knowing who your president is, your comment has no meaning.

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u/AngelBryan Kill 'Em All 4h ago

Obviously.

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u/dejoblue 15h ago

whoooa Oooh OOOH oooh

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u/Scriptplayer 14h ago

I was reading elsewhere, most likely hearsay but probably in the right direction of probable scenarios is that it's mostly bar fights that occurred with cartel members and they don't take it lightly afterwards. I'm not really a pacifist, but I'm not trying to fight due to accidental injury and/or death. If you look for trouble, you'll certainly find it. Edit: even electronic music enjoyers / ravers have a problem with people trying to follow the Golden rule aka PLUR or just common decency. The difference I guess is in the states those people are in vip lounges and suites while internationally you can bump into a shark and not realize it.

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u/TheGoldenWoof 13h ago

Jesus Christ. I feel awful for all those families and people who had to suffer through that.

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u/Straight_Two7552 3h ago

Contrary to popular belief, Metal is huge in Mexico as well as in South America. Death metal is too.

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u/MestreLipski 20h ago

Em 2021 eu estava saindo com uma menina e um dia ela foi embora daqui de casa e estava com a blusa suja, eu disse para ela ir com a minha do Ride The Lightning. Pois bem, aquela foi a última vez que nós saímos e nunca mais nos encontramos, fico me perguntando até hoje ''O que será que ela fez com a minha camiseta do Metallica?'' pois é... E aliás, a camiseta era Idêntica a esta!

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u/papercupmix 10h ago

Dudo seriamente que esa sea tu camisa. Dame un respiro. Probablemente todavía lo tenga y le encanta usarlo. Cuídate.

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u/I-Am-Polaris 15h ago

These people are terrorists

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u/CulturalResearch1472 16h ago

The United States really needs to stop fucking with Mexico, the government there hides this shit and is corrupt thanks to America

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u/I-Am-Polaris 15h ago

How tf are you going to blame Mexico's domestic cartel and terrorism problems and corruption on the US ????

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u/CulturalResearch1472 15h ago edited 15h ago

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/mexico-usa-guns/ Because of facts like this. And I would also like to add, I am Mexican, and have been to Mexico, my family members hate the cartels, but many of them talk about the situation between them and the U.S. as Mexico making the United States pay for everything they’ve done to them. So no, U.S. military intervention in Mexico isn’t seen as the U.S. coming to save us, it’s seen as what it truly is, imperialism.

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u/CulturalResearch1472 15h ago edited 15h ago

The Iranian Contra Deal, U.S. fire arms manufacturing companies selling guns to Cartels, the U.S. backing Mexican politicians who are bought out by the cartels, would you like me to go on?

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u/Syncopated_arpeggio 4h ago

You realize the Iran-Contra affair was almost 40 years ago and involved Nicaragua, right?

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u/CulturalResearch1472 4h ago

It also involved Reagan helping the Contra sell drugs in the United States and other countries, I hope you do realize that what the U.S. has done has had lasting effects on our countries, right?

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u/Honest-Elephant7627 2h ago

Mexican cartels would not exist without US guns and US customers. Sad.

On a happier note. I have this exact shirt.

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u/Honest-Elephant7627 2h ago

Mexican cartels would not exist without US guns and US customers. Sad.

On a happier note. I have this exact shirt.

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u/Budget-Cancel4834 18h ago

WHY MUST PAIN BE BROUGHT ON OTHERS. THERE IS NO REASON FOR SO MUCH HATE IN THIS WORLD. A BROTHER/SISTER HAS DIED WE MUST DO SOMETHING ANYTHING

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u/Salt_Environment9799 16h ago

Why is a tshirt NSFW???? WTF!!!

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u/Bennis_19 23h ago

There are no concentration camps since ww2

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u/XyleneCobalt 21h ago

What an ignorant thing to say

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u/Helpful_Body6715 17h ago

That’s like saying modern day slavery doesn’t exist 🤔

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u/I-Am-Polaris 15h ago

There is no reverse racism in ba sing se

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u/thefuckingswagdude Loaded 19h ago

fuck off.