Mexican man allegedly found wandering down the street with his sister's decapitated head

A 19-year-old man who was carrying a rifle around was reportedly arrested in Mexico after apparently being spotted walking down a street with his sister's severed head on Saturday, according to the New York Post.

Those who realized what the man was carrying immediately called the Michoacan State Police, officers of which later identified the man only as Sebastian. He is said to have been carrying his 26-year-old sister Julieta's head around a clinic located in Quiroga.

Sebastian was reportedly discovered to be intoxicated, and the authorities soon arrested him and confiscated the firearm he was lugging around. Julieta's headless corpse was found naked at a gas station several hundred feet away from where the man was spotted.

The authorities are still investigating the motive for the horrifying crime. It is not clear what charges the man is facing, but he is currently being held by the Michoacan state prosecutor's office, according to the Daily Mail.

The Daily Mail reported that the crime was reminiscent of a separate incident that took place in Mexico. Lev Norman was reportedly arrested in October 2022 after it was discovered he was carrying the head of Lucero Yazmin Hidalgo in his backpack.

Mexico has been plagued by serious crime in recent decades, including kidnappings, disappearances, and homicides. According to the Council on Foreign Relations, Mexico has experienced more than 30,000 homicides "each year since 2018."

"This violence is largely perpetrated by gangs and drug cartels, but the state has also committed human rights violations in its war against these groups," the council stated.

"Civilians bear the greatest impact, which drives migrants to the U.S. border. Drugs from the cartels also flow over the border, fueling a drug overdose epidemic in the United States."

The Associated Press reported that there were 32,223 murders in 2022, which was apparently 9.7% less than the rate in 2021. The nation's homicide rate, per 100,000, dropped from around 28 in 2021 to 25 in 2022.

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has struggled to bring down the high homicide rates throughout the country. However, he noted that the slight drop over the past couple years represented the fruits of his "hugs not bullets" policy, which featured avoiding confrontations with drug cartels. He has also funded training and scholarship programs for the youth throughout the country.

“The strategy of addressing the root causes of violence is beginning to show results,” López Obrador said.

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