49 headless bodies dumped on north Mexico highway
12 years, 10 months ago

49 headless bodies dumped on north Mexico highway

Firstpost  

Forty-nine bodies with their heads, hands and feet hacked off were found Sunday dumped on a northern Mexico highway leading to the Texas border in what appeared to be the latest carnage in an escalating war between Mexico’s two dominant drug cartels. Monterrey, Mexico: Forty-nine bodies with their heads, hands and feet hacked off were found Sunday dumped on a northern Mexico highway leading to the Texas border in what appeared to be the latest carnage in an escalating war between Mexico’s two dominant drug cartels. Mass body dumpings have increased around Mexico the last six months as the fearsome Zetas gang goes head to head with the powerful Sinaloa Cartel, led by fugitive drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, and its allies. In less than a month, the mutilated bodies of 14 men were left in a van in downtown Nuevo Laredo, 23 people were found hanged or decapitated in the same border city and 18 dismembered bodied were left near Mexico’s second-largest city, Guadalajara.

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Severed bodies of 9 students on vacation found in Mexico
1 week, 3 days ago

Severed bodies of 9 students on vacation found in Mexico

Hindustan Times  

In a harrowing incident, the severed bodies of nine students, who went missing while on a vacation in Mexico last month, were found by the side of a local highway. The bodies were found in the trunk of an abandoned vehicle and underneath a blood-covered tarp in San Jose Miahuatlan on the border of the Mexican states of Puebla and …

Mexican authorities find 11 clandestine graves with 15 bodies near border with Guatemala
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Mexican authorities find 11 clandestine graves with 15 bodies near border with Guatemala

Associated Press  

TAPACHULA, Mexico — Eleven clandestine graves with the bodies of 15 men were located in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, where a dispute between the Sinaloa and Jalisco Nueva Generación drug cartels is taking place, local authorities said Sunday. Eduardo Ramírez Aguilar said on his social media channels that the findings came as the result of a raid in …

Mexican investigators find 12 bodies in clandestine graves in the northern border state of Chihuahua
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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Mexican investigators find 12 bodies in clandestine graves in the northern border state of Chihuahua

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Investigators in Mexico announced Thursday they have found 12 bodies in clandestine burial sites in the northern border state of Chihuahua. State prosecutors said the skeletal remains were found in the township of Ascencion, about 110 miles west of Ciudad Juarez, which is itself across the border from El Paso, Texas. Drug cartels and kidnapping gangs in …

Authorities find 12 bodies in clandestine graves in northern Mexico
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Authorities find 12 bodies in clandestine graves in northern Mexico

Al Jazeera  

Skeletal remains discovered in Mexican border state of Chihuhua taken to lab for possible identification, officials say. Authorities in Mexico have uncovered 12 bodies in clandestine graves in the northern border state of Chihuahua. Authorities discovered the skeletal remains in 11 graves in Ascension, about 180km west of Ciudad Juarez, near the border with the United States, the state prosecutor’s …

Up to 20 human skull were found in New Mexico. Police are trying to tie them to a series of cold cases
4 months ago

Up to 20 human skull were found in New Mexico. Police are trying to tie them to a series of cold cases

The Independent  

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11 bodies found in Mexico truck were of missing group: prosecutors
4 months, 1 week ago

11 bodies found in Mexico truck were of missing group: prosecutors

Raw Story  

The 11 people, including four minors, found dead in a pickup truck in southern Mexico were part of a group reported missing last month, authorities in Guerrero state said Friday. Their bodies were found on Wednesday night in a pickup truck on an avenue in Guerrero's capital Chilpancingo, whose mayor was beheaded last month less than a week after taking …

Police find 11 bodies dumped by a highway in southern Mexico and 4 more in the resort of Acapulco
4 months, 1 week ago

Police find 11 bodies dumped by a highway in southern Mexico and 4 more in the resort of Acapulco

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Police in a southern Mexico region rife with drug cartel violence have found 11 bodies, including two minors, dumped by a highway, prosecutors in the state of Guerrero said Thursday. The 11 bodies were found late Wednesday after police received a tip about an abandoned pickup truck on the main thoroughfare of the city of Chilpancingo, the …

11 bodies, including two minors, found dumped beside a highway in southern Mexico
4 months, 1 week ago

11 bodies, including two minors, found dumped beside a highway in southern Mexico

LA Times  

Police in a southern Mexico region rife with drug cartel violence found 11 bodies, including two of minors, dumped by a highway, prosecutors in the state of Guerrero said Thursday. The bodies were found late Wednesday after police received a tip about an abandoned pickup truck on the main thoroughfare of the city of Chilpancingo, the state capital. The city …

Authorities find 19 bodies piled in a dump truck in a cartel-dominated area of southern Mexico
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Authorities find 19 bodies piled in a dump truck in a cartel-dominated area of southern Mexico

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Authorities said Monday they have found 19 bodies piled in and around a dump truck in a cartel-dominated area of southern Mexico, near the border with Guatemala. The federal public safety department said the men’s bodies were found in a truck abandoned on a rural road near the town of La Concordia, in southern Chiapas state. It …

Gang violence in Mexico: 19 bodies discovered in latest grisly find
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Gang violence in Mexico: 19 bodies discovered in latest grisly find

LA Times  

Social media users in Mexico have been circulating a video featuring especially grisly images: a tangle of bloodied bodies, some in tactical gear, lying in a dump truck. This week, Mexican authorities said they discovered 19 bodies on an isolated dirt road, the latest deaths in a brutal trafficking war that has convulsed Mexico’s poorest and southernmost state. “The traffic …

Drug gang turf war dumps dozens of bodies in Mexico truck
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Drug gang turf war dumps dozens of bodies in Mexico truck

Al Jazeera  

Probers say the clash was between the powerful Sinaloa cartel and another gang identified as ‘Chiapas and Guatemala’. At least 19 bodies were discovered in or around a dump truck in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, officials said on Tuesday. An initial investigation said the clash was between the Sinaloa cartel, one of the most powerful in Mexico, and …

Bodies found in Baja California during search for missing tourists, Mexican officials say
10 months, 1 week ago

Bodies found in Baja California during search for missing tourists, Mexican officials say

LA Times  

Authorities work at the site where human remains were found near La Bocana Beach in Ensenada, Mexico, on Friday. Mexican officials said three bodies were found in the remote stretch of Baja California where two Australians brothers and their American friend went missing. Mexican officials said three bodies have been found in the same remote stretch of Baja California where …

Police find 7 bodies, 5 of them decapitated and 1 dismembered, in Mexico’s fifth largest city
11 months, 1 week ago

Police find 7 bodies, 5 of them decapitated and 1 dismembered, in Mexico’s fifth largest city

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Authorities in one of Mexico’s largest cities said Friday they have found seven bodies with five of them decapitated and another completely dismembered, in a car left in the middle of traffic on a main expressway. “On each of the bodies, we found hand-written messages written on paper, each one detailing the reason they were killed,” said …

Relatives of missing Mexicans say they found bags of human remains
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Relatives of missing Mexicans say they found bags of human remains

The Hindu  

A group of relatives searching for some of Mexico's roughly 100,000 missing persons said it had discovered around two dozen bags containing human remains in a clandestine cemetery. After arriving at the site accompanied by National Guard personnel, the group discovered a smoking pit oven and noticed a foul stench, according to one of its members, Indira Navarro. "While exploring, …

Body found caught in anti-migrant barriers on Rio Grande river, Mexico says
1 year, 7 months ago

Body found caught in anti-migrant barriers on Rio Grande river, Mexico says

The Telegraph  

The Mexican government said on Wednesday that a dead body had been found caught in the controversial floating barriers installed by Texas to stop migrants crossing into the United States. US authorities informed Mexico that “they found the body of a lifeless person stuck in the southern part of the buoys” on the Rio Grande river near Eagle Pass, the …

Body parts strewn around state capital outside Mexico City, apparently left by violent cartel
1 year, 8 months ago

Body parts strewn around state capital outside Mexico City, apparently left by violent cartel

Associated Press  

TOLUCA, Mexico — A violent drug cartel is suspected of leaving a severed human leg found hanging from a pedestrian bridge Wednesday in Toluca, just west of Mexico City. At the bridge, the trunk of the body was left on the street below, near the city’s center, along with handwritten signs signed by the Familia Michoacana cartel. Other parts of …

Body parts strewn around Mexico City, apparently left by violent cartel
1 year, 8 months ago

Body parts strewn around Mexico City, apparently left by violent cartel

India Today  

A violent drug cartel is suspected of leaving a severed human leg found hanging from a pedestrian bridge Wednesday in Toluca, just west of Mexico City. At the bridge, the trunk of the body was left on the street below, near the city’s center, along with handwritten signs signed by the Familia Michoacana cartel. Other parts of the body were …

45 bags of remains dumped in Mexico ravine confirmed to belong to missing call centre workers
1 year, 9 months ago

45 bags of remains dumped in Mexico ravine confirmed to belong to missing call centre workers

The Independent  

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Mexico authorities find 45 bags filled with body parts in search for seven missing call centre workers
1 year, 9 months ago

Mexico authorities find 45 bags filled with body parts in search for seven missing call centre workers

The Independent  

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Mexican troops, border residents clash after 5 shot, killed
2 years ago

Mexican troops, border residents clash after 5 shot, killed

Associated Press  

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico — A shooting by Mexican army soldiers left five people dead in the rough border city of Nuevo Laredo, igniting a clash between the soldiers and residents who came to the scene to protest. The incident provoked a scuffle between soldiers and a large group of angry residents who believed the “victims were not armed and that …

Mexican soldiers kill five in border town, sparking protests
2 years ago

Mexican soldiers kill five in border town, sparking protests

Al Jazeera  

A report indicates members of the Mexican army opened fire on a pick-up truck in city of Nuevo Laredo, near US border. A shooting by Mexican army soldiers has left five people dead in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, igniting a clash between the soldiers and residents who came to the scene to protest. The incident provoked a …

Mexico returns 8 bodies of migrants in Texas truck tragedy
2 years, 8 months ago

Mexico returns 8 bodies of migrants in Texas truck tragedy

The Independent  

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Mexican police find 23 bodies in pits near thermal springs
2 years, 8 months ago

Mexican police find 23 bodies in pits near thermal springs

Daily Mail  

A three-week search for missing persons has led authorities to 23 sets of human remains that were discovered in a lakeside community in the western Mexica state of Michoacán. The bodies were found in secret mass graves located at a property in the community of Los Negritos, which is known for black mud facial masks that are popular there Villamar …

Seven bodies found dumped at Mexico tourist area
2 years, 9 months ago

Seven bodies found dumped at Mexico tourist area

The Independent  

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19 Bodies Found After Shooting in Central Mexico
2 years, 11 months ago

19 Bodies Found After Shooting in Central Mexico

News 18  

Nineteen people were shot and killed in central Mexico on Sunday, the State Attorney General’s Office said in a statement. The attack was believed to be motivated by “revenge” by one cell of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel against another, deputy security minister Ricardo Mejia said. Earlier this month gunmen killed nine people in an attack on a house in …

Sixteen bodies found in violence-prone Mexican state
3 years, 1 month ago

Sixteen bodies found in violence-prone Mexican state

Al Jazeera  

Grim incidents multiplied in northern Zacatecas state late last year with bodies found hanging in public places. The bodies of 16 people were found in two different cities in Mexico’s Zacatecas state on Saturday amid a turf war between two powerful drug cartels. Late last year, grim incidents multiplied in the northern state with bodies found hanging in public places. …

Truck filled with dead bodies dumped next to Christmas tree outside Mexican governor’s office
3 years, 2 months ago

Truck filled with dead bodies dumped next to Christmas tree outside Mexican governor’s office

The Independent  

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Six bodies found hanging in violence-ridden Mexican state
3 years, 3 months ago

Six bodies found hanging in violence-ridden Mexican state

Al Jazeera  

The state of Zacatecas has seen an increase in violence this year as cartels jockey for control of drug smuggling routes. The bodies of six people have been found hanging from a bridge and a tree in an area of northern Mexico shaken by cartel turf wars. The discoveries were made in Fresnillo in the state of Zacatecas on Tuesday, …

10 bodies, 9 hanging from overpass, found in central Mexico
3 years, 3 months ago

10 bodies, 9 hanging from overpass, found in central Mexico

The Independent  

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Mexico's gov't says it found body disposal site near border
3 years, 5 months ago

Mexico's gov't says it found body disposal site near border

The Independent  

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Mexico: 18 bodies found after suspected drug cartel gun battle
3 years, 8 months ago

Mexico: 18 bodies found after suspected drug cartel gun battle

Al Jazeera  

The bullet-ridden bodies of 18 men were discovered in Zacatecas state after apparent confrontation between suspected cartels. The bullet-ridden bodies of 18 men were discovered after an apparent gun battle between suspected drug cartels in Zacatecas state in northern Mexico, authorities said on Friday. “There were 18 dead, and the confrontation occurred in the community of San Juan Capistrano, in …

2 police hanged from bridge in Mexico, 7 killed in shooting
3 years, 8 months ago

2 police hanged from bridge in Mexico, 7 killed in shooting

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Authorities in northern Mexico said Wednesday they found the bodies of two abducted police officers hanging from an overpass, and the bodies of seven people shot to death in a neighboring city. The killings in Zacatecas came one day after prosecutors in Mexico’s most violent state, Guanajuato, reported seven men were shot to death at a mechanic’s …

Families begin burying murdered Guatemalan migrants
4 years ago

Families begin burying murdered Guatemalan migrants

The Independent  

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Mexico confirms at least 2 Guatemalan migrants among 19 dead
4 years, 1 month ago

Mexico confirms at least 2 Guatemalan migrants among 19 dead

The Independent  

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19 Charred Bodies Found Near Mexico-US Border, Cops Say Victims Were Shot at, Set on Fire
4 years, 1 month ago

19 Charred Bodies Found Near Mexico-US Border, Cops Say Victims Were Shot at, Set on Fire

News 18  

At least 19 charred corpses have been discovered in Mexico near the US border in an area where drug cartels often clash, the Tamaulipas state prosecutor’s office said. Another official from the prosecutor’s office, who asked to remain anonymous, told AFP that an investigation has been launched to determine whether the victims were undocumented migrants, as some local media have …

Mexican authorities find 19 charred bodies near US border
4 years, 1 month ago

Mexican authorities find 19 charred bodies near US border

Al Jazeera  

The Tamaulipas state prosecutor’s office said that the bodies were discovered along a dirt road near Camargo town. Mexican authorities said they have found 19 shot and burned bodies near a town across the Rio Grande from the US state of Texas in an area that has seen violent territorial disputes between organised crime groups in recent years. The Tamaulipas …

Nineteen bodies have been found in a Mexico-US border town across the Rio-Grande from Texas
4 years, 1 month ago

Nineteen bodies have been found in a Mexico-US border town across the Rio-Grande from Texas

Daily Mail  

The bodies of nineteen people who had been shot and burned have been found in a Mexico border town. The bodies were discovered on Saturday in Ciudad Victoria, around 249 miles from the US Texas border, in an area that has seen violent territorial disputes between organized crime groups in recent years. Most had been burned or shot to death …

Search continues in Mexico after 59 bodies found in mass graves
4 years, 4 months ago

Search continues in Mexico after 59 bodies found in mass graves

The Independent  

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Mexican police discover mass grave containing 166 human skulls thought to be linked to cartel wars
6 years, 6 months ago

Mexican police discover mass grave containing 166 human skulls thought to be linked to cartel wars

The Independent  

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12 bodies, including 7 beheaded, found in Mexican tourist town Manzanillo
8 years, 1 month ago

12 bodies, including 7 beheaded, found in Mexican tourist town Manzanillo

Hindustan Times  

A dozen bodies -- including seven that were headless and mutilated -- were discovered over the weekend in western Mexico’s seaside resort of Manzanillo, apparent victims of the country’s epidemic of drug violence, local officials said on Sunday. The bodies showed signs of torture and were left with two green cards signed by the Jalisco New Generation cartel, he said. …

Nine human heads and 32 bodies found in Mexican cartel mass grave
8 years, 3 months ago

Nine human heads and 32 bodies found in Mexican cartel mass grave

The Independent  

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‘Mexico is one big cemetery’: The search for the secret graves of ‘the disappeared’
8 years, 5 months ago

‘Mexico is one big cemetery’: The search for the secret graves of ‘the disappeared’

LA Times  

They gather shortly after daybreak outside a minimarket, the tropical heat thickening, the dawn haze in lethargic retreat. Mexico’s decade-long, military-led crackdown on drug cartels has swelled the multitudes of desaparecidos — the “disappeared” who vanish without a trace. — Martha Gonzalez, mother of missing policeman “If these aren’t our loved ones buried here, they are someone else’s sons and …

Eleven bodies found in violent eastern Mexican state in two days
9 years, 3 months ago

Eleven bodies found in violent eastern Mexican state in two days

Firstpost  

Mexican authorities discovered six bodies in a community in the eastern state of Veracruz on Wednesday, a day after five other corpses were dumped elsewhere in the region. Mexico: Mexican authorities discovered six bodies in a community in the eastern state of Veracruz on Wednesday, a day after five other corpses were dumped elsewhere in the region. The bodies, apparently …

Mexico: 11 killed after shootout between rival gangs, headless bodies dumped on road
10 years, 3 months ago

Mexico: 11 killed after shootout between rival gangs, headless bodies dumped on road

Firstpost  

Police found 11 headless bodies of young men on Thursday on the road between Chilapa de Alvarez and Ayahualulco, two towns in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero, prosecutors said. Mexico City: Police found 11 headless bodies of young men on Thursday on the road between Chilapa de Alvarez and Ayahualulco, two towns in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero, …

Police find mass graves with at least '15 bodies' near Mexico town where 43 students disappeared after police clash
10 years, 5 months ago

Police find mass graves with at least '15 bodies' near Mexico town where 43 students disappeared after police clash

Daily Mail  

Police in Mexico have found mass graves containing at least 15 charred bodies near where 43 students disappeared after a deadly police shooting last week. Witnesses claimed that the students had last been seen being led away by police A car from the forensic technician service Servicio Medico Forense is seen in the area where a mass grave was found, …

Bodies wrapped in plastic found in Mexico City suburbs as country's brutal drug war is laid bare in vivid reminder
11 years ago

Bodies wrapped in plastic found in Mexico City suburbs as country's brutal drug war is laid bare in vivid reminder

Daily Mail  

Mutilated bodies wrapped in plastic found in Mexico City suburbs as country's brutal drug war is laid bare in vivid reminder WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Two bodies dumped on streets of Nezahualcoyotl, a suburb of Mexico City Bodies, wrapped in plastic and bound with tape, discovered on Sunday Follows a series of similar discoveries across the city and nearby states Many …

Mexico cartel war latest toll: 49 headless bodies
12 years, 10 months ago

Mexico cartel war latest toll: 49 headless bodies

Associated Press  

CADEREYTA, Mexico — Authorities struggled Monday to identify 49 bodies without heads, hands or feet to gain clues into the latest in a series of massacres from an escalating war between Mexico’s two dominant drug cartels, with increasing evidence that innocents are being pulled into the bloodbath along with gang rivals. Mexico’s interior secretary, Alejandro Poire, said Monday that all …

49 bodies left on Mexico highway
12 years, 10 months ago

49 bodies left on Mexico highway

India TV News  

Monterrey, May 14: Forty-nine decapitated and mutilated bodies were found yesterday dumped on a highway connecting the northern Mexican metropolis of Monterrey to the US border in what appears to be the latest blow in an escalating war of intimidation among drug gangs. Mexico's organised crime groups often abandon multiple bodies in public places as warnings to their rivals, and …

More bodies found in Mexico town
12 years, 10 months ago

More bodies found in Mexico town

Al Jazeera  

Fourteen beheaded corpses found in Nuevo Laredo, hours after nine bodies were discovered hanging from a bridge. A total of 23 bodies have been found hanging from a bridge or dismembered in ice boxes and garbage bags in northeastern Mexico, in an escalation of brutal violence involving rival drug gangs on the US border. Hours later, police found the dismembered …

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