“He was just what you think of when you hear the word ‘football,’ like he’s out there just decapitating people, hitting people as hard as he can.

Earlier this week, Israel's defence minister said the country was preparing to "strike hard" at the Houthis, warning it would "decapitate" the group's leadership.

The brutal methods they used, such as decapitating and dismembering their victims, quickly spread terror through the north-eastern part of Mexico which was their stronghold.

They murmured agreement when one of them said he had to be decapitated.

He had killed three men and decapitated one of them.