Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Mexico: 72 Bodies Found at a ranch northeast of the country


Mexican authorities found 72 bodies inside a ranch near San Fernando, Tamaulipas, in northeastern Mexico, and presume that may be related to drug trafficking.

As reported, “58 of the victims are male and 14 are women.”

Persons handling the case did not give details about the conditions under which the bodies were found, nor under what circumstances they died.

According to the reports “a teenager who was shot sounded the alarm at a checkpoint that the Navy has close to where the incident happened.”

And “The officers sent to investigate the case were caught in a shootout when they came to the farm. A sailor and three suspected drug traffickers were killed during the shootout. “

Authorities began with the expertise to identify victims, and reported that “in the place seized approximately 21 guns and 6000 rounds of ammunition and four trucks, one with a cloned plate of the Ministry of Defense.”
According to statistics, over the past four months found over 28 thousand people died as a result of drug-related violence in Mexico.

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