Fourteen Mutilated Bodies Found In Mexico Border City

Fourteen mutilated bodies found in Mexico border city 2012-04-18 20:41:57 GMT+7 (ICT) NUEVO LAREDO, MEXICO (BNO NEWS) -- Fourteen mutilated bodies were found Tuesday inside an abandoned vehicle in a Mexican city on the border with the U.S. state of Texas, officials said on early Wednesday. The killings are believed to be related to the country's so-called drug war.The fourteen bodies were discovered on early Tuesday morning in a vehicle which was left near a government office in the Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo, which is located in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas and lies directly across the U.S. city of Laredo.State officials said a telephone call led security forces to the gruesome discovery inside a parked 1996 Chrysler Voyager. When security forces arrived and opened the vehicle, they found ten black plastic bags which contained the dismembered remains of fourteen people.A written message was found along with the bodies, but details about the content were not immediately released. The state's General Attorney's office said the victims, whose bodies were transported to the Forensic Medical Service for autopsies, are believed to be men between the ages of 30 and 35.As the Mexican drug war continues, the country's Attorney General office (PGR) has said at least 12,903 drug-related killings were reported between January and September 2011, although figures for the entire year are not yet available. This will likely bring the total figure for 2011 to more than 17,000, the highest annual number yet.

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