There was no immediate information on a possible motive in the shootings, but such attacks in Guanajuato in the past have been related to rivalries between drug gangs or street-level drug dealing. Zacatecas has been the scene of a battle for territory among drug cartels.
State officials told Reuters that the incident may be linked to feuding. Mexican authorities on Thursday discovered 10 bodies- nine of them hanging from an overpass- in the central state of Zacatecas, the scene of a battle for territory among drug cartels. Guanajuato has Mexico’s highest number of homicides, and has been the scene of turf battles between the Jalisco drug cartel and local gangs backed by the Sinaloa cartel. 540p Three of the nine bodies that were found hanging from a bridge in Zacatecas, Mexico, on Thursday morning. The state prosecutors’ office said the shop specialized in repairing motorcycles. 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 shop. Zacatecas, once dominated by the old Zetas cartel, has been the scene of turf battles between a number of cartels. Mexican authorities on Thursday discovered 10 bodies nine of them hanging from an overpass in the central state of Zacatecas, the scene of a battle for territory among drug cartels. One man and a woman were found wounded at the scene of the attack, along with five children who had not been wounded. In the nearby city of Fresnillo, police later found the bullet-ridden bodies of four women and three men. MEXICO CITY Mexican police found nine bodies hanging from an overpass Thursday alongside a drug cartel banner threatening rivals, and seven more corpses mutilated and dumped by the road nearby. They were members of the police force of the neighboring state of San Luis Potosi who had been reported missing hours earlier.ĭrug cartels have hung the bodies of victims from overpasses before as a message to rivals or authorities, but seldom do so with members of law enforcement. The public safety department in Zacatecas state said the policemen’s bodies were found Wednesday morning in the state capital, also known as Zacatecas. EL Chapos cartel tortured, killed then mutilated rival gang members and hung their bodies from a bridge, according to reports.
MEXICO CITY (AP) - 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. MEXICO CITY, Nov 18 (Reuters) - The bodies of 10 people were found in the central Mexican state of Zacatecas on Thursday, nine of them hanging from a bridge, in apparent gang-related.
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