A hero marine who hunts down Mexican drug bosses humiliates the narcos he catches by dressing them in women's underwear and forcing them to kiss one another.

During a raid by Erick Morales Guevara - nicknamed 'Senor Thor' - a masked operative posed next to an alleged cartel gunman wearing lingerie.

In another image in a separate raid, a man was pictured holding a hammer to his chin while a marine holds a gun to his head.

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A photograph taken by Mexican marines shows a masked operative posing with an alleged cartel gunman after he was arrested and humiliated by his captors by being forced to wear women's clothes

Another photograph taken by 'Senor Thor' shows a bloodied prisoner holding a mallet to his face while an officer points a gun at the back of his head. The mallet, or hammer, is a symbol of the Norse god Thor

This image, of a portrait of crime boss El Chive's father, was taken by the operative's team during a raid. The team defaced it then signed it 'Sr. Thor' as a provocation to the drug lord

And another photo, leaked to Breitbart Texas, shows a portrait of a drug lord's father after it was defaced by the now-legendary Senor Thor during a raid on the cartel boss's home.

After storming the property of Silvestre 'El Chive' Haro Rodriguez, Senor Thor had found the house empty - but decided to send him a message.

Not only did he steal a vase containing the ashes of the drug lord's beloved father, but he also defaced a portrait of the elderly man by scribbling 'Sr. Thor' across his face.

His provocation had its desired effect - sparking a personal cat-and-mouse feud between the two.

El Chive responded to the theft of his father’s ashes by hanging a banner in public accusing Senor Thor of taking bribes.

The lengthy statement, left dangling from a pedestrian overpath in the city of Tampico last year, accused the marine of stealing £330,000 during a raid.

Silvestre 'El Chive' Haro Rodriguez (pictured) was arrested last year while visiting one of his key lieutenants in hospital

It read: 'This is for you, Erick Morales,' it began. 'Dog, [I] know where you live but I want you, not your family. I'm not a pig like you.'

'Why do not you tell the government how much you stole from Altamira?' it added.

The banner - which was signed by the Gulf Cartel's Tampico branch - went on to claim its 'soldiers' would turn the city of Tampico into a 'battlefield' if authorities continued to pester it.

Unfortunately, Senor Thor never managed to capture his nemesis. El Chive was arrested by state police in August last year after Senor Thor had been transferred to a province in the south.

El Chive was caught while visiting his key lieutenant in a hospital in the city after the man had damaged one of his hands in an accident with explosives.

According to El Universal, he attempted to bribe the arresting officers by offering them three vehicles.

However, the move was unsuccessful and he was arrested and transferred to Mexico City.

El Chive was thought to be a leading boss of the Gulf Cartel and in charge of the cities of Tampico, Madero and Altamira, in the state of Tamaulipas.

The gang has controlled the region for decades after it made a fortune smuggling alcohol during the prohibition era before switching to cocaine in the 1980s.

The group is notoriously violent and is feared among the population it presides over for its assassinations, kidnappings, extortion rackets and murders.

However, in recent years it has lost much of the power it once held, due in part to the strength of its offshoot Los Zetas.

The Gulf Cartel was founded in its modern form by Juan Garcia Abrego, who expanded operations to begin importing cocaine from Colombia's Cali Cartel and distribute it across the border to various locations within the U.S. in the 1980s.

Gulf Cartel, to which El Chive is linked, operates in Tamaulipas on the country's east coast (illustrated)

This is the sign El Chive hung from a busy pedstrian bridge in Tampico in which the crime boss accused 'Senor Thor' of taking eight million pesos during a drug raid

Pictured is a haul of weapons seized by authorities during a raid in the city of Altamira in April last year. Among the haul, which bears the logo of the Gulf Cartel, are mines, grenade launchers, grenades and assault rifles

By 1995, he was so successful he found himself on the FBI's Top Ten Most Wanted and the following year, he was arrested and extradited to the U.S.

He is currently serving 11 life terms in a Colorado prison after being found guilty of money laundering, and drug possession and trafficking.

However, his biggest legacy was the creation of Los Zetas.

It was made up of hand picked members of the Mexican Special Forces - who were persuaded to join as his personal protection team after being offered salaries vastly exceeding that of the army.

By the early 2000s, the group had grown in size and power to such an extent it began operating its own extortion rackets and traffic routes.