A MEXICAN gang stripped a suspected rapist naked and castrated him by making a pit bull terrier eat his genitals.

The man, reported to be in his 30s, received the barbaric public punishment for an alleged assault on a woman in Mexico City.

4 The man was attacked by a dog in sickening footage filmed by a Mexican gang Credit: Viral Press

4 Horrifying footage from Mexico City shows a gang forcing a pit bull to eat the genitals of an alleged rapist Credit: Getty - Contributor

4 A state police patrol in the city, where attacks by criminal gangs are reported to be increasing in cruelty Credit: AP:Associated Press

Horrific footage released by the gang shows the man stripped naked, handcuffed, and pinned to the ground as five men surround him.

A white pit bull then begins mauling him between the legs, tearing off and eating his penis and testicles.

The gang, believed to be part of a drug cartel, watches on as the victim is heard screaming in Spanish: "Stop, leave me now, leave me."

One of the group then covers his mouth with a rag to stifle his cries for help.

A second dog, a brown pit bull, also appears but does not join in.

All that can be seen remaining after the assault is a gaping, raw wound in the man's groin.

Video of the assault emerged last month, when the attackers were said to have made it public as a warning to other would-be sex beasts.

Local media reported that in recent years "methods of torture by Mexican criminal organisations have increased their level of cruelty", and that such attacks were becoming "increasingly frequent".

It is not known whether the man in the clip is still alive.



VIOLENCE INCREASING

Last month saw the emergence of the so-called Glitter Revolution in Mexico City.

Thousands of woman took to the streets of the Mexican capital to protest sexual assaults and violence of all kind perpetrated against women.

The movement was sparked by the alleged rape of a 17-year-old girl by four police officers in the Azcapotzalco district of Mexico City on August 3.

Demonstrators marched under placards reading: “All Women Against All Violence” and “If you violate women we will violate your laws”.

An average of ten women are murdered every day in Mexico, with many such crimes going unreported or unpunished.

Victims' groups say that reported rapes in Mexico are much lower than those in other countries because there is very little trust in the police.

Campaigner Yndira Sandoval told the Guardian: “Every day girls are going missing, women are going missing, women are being violated and raped … and we want a political response that reflects the scale of this national emergency.”

Mexico also has the world's highest murder rate, with 17,000 killed in the first half of this year - the highest level in its history.

That figure does not include drive-by shootings, kidnappings, extortion, and other serious crimes, many of them spurred by the activities of criminal gangs and drug cartels.

Last month, drug gang the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) beheaded nine members of a rival gang and hung their naked bodies from a bridge in the city of Uruapan, just west of Mexico City.

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Footage also emerged showing rival gang leader Alfonso Mendoza Valencia naked and bound and surrounded by member of the CJNG.

Valencia's body was later found abandoned, with the CJNG claiming they had carried out the murder to avenge the killing of innocent people by Valencia's gang.

4 Last month saw protests by women against all forms of violence against women in Mexico City Credit: AP:Associated Press

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