Last
week, it was reported that a clown hitman took out the head of the Tijuana
Cartel at a resort in Cabo San Lucas. (See earlier coverage) At the time, it was hard to determine whether
to appreciate the hit-clown for his service, or to fear clowns all the more for
their move from silent serial killers (coverage of John Wayne Gacy) to
professional hit-clowns.
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| Thumbs-down for the hit-clown |
Now,
The Guardian reports that delegates to a three-day Latin American clown
convention in Mexico City (dear Lord, help me), have attempted to distance
themselves from the murder, by characterizing the hit-clown as just someone in “fancy
dress, insisting no genuine member of their profession would have committed the
crime.”
Clown leader Tomas Morales, a 21-year veteran of the trade who goes by
the stage name Payaso
Llantom, said he was certain
the killer was not a professional clown.
"The people who do that, they're not clowns. I can swear on my
mother's grave it wasn't a clown," said Morales, whose costume includes
frizzy blue hair and a tiny top hat. "We are not like that … we are
non-violent."
They apparently haven’t heard of
John Wayne Gacy, Pennywise, or the clown in England who was standing around
terrorizing the populace (prior coverage).
The fact remains that someone with a fuzzy wig, over-sized funny nose and
pistol took out the head of an international drug cartel.
Sounds like a hit-clown to me.
Maybe he wasn’t a professional clown.
Maybe he was a semi-pro. He was a
hit-clown nonetheless.
Full story and photo credit: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/24/mexico-clown-convention-drug-cartel-killing
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