{"id":8473,"date":"2024-05-10T03:43:38","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T03:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internationalpulse.net\/?p=8473"},"modified":"2024-05-10T03:43:38","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T03:43:38","slug":"18-bodies-found-in-mexico-state-plagued-by-cartel-violence-including-9-left-with-messages-attached","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalpulse.net\/?p=8473","title":{"rendered":"18 bodies found in Mexico state plagued by cartel violence, including 9 left with messages attached"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Nine bodies were found Wednesday in a northern Mexican state reeling from a wave of drug cartel-related violence, authorities said, in the second such discovery in as many days.\u00a0 A homicide investigation was launched after the bodies of nine men were found in the city of Morelos in Zacatecas, the state prosecutor’s office said.<\/p>\n

It came just one day after nine bodies were found on an avenue in the city of Fresnillo, also in Zacatecas state. Messages addressed to a criminal group were found with those remains, authorities said. The bodies were dumped near a market two days after gang members blocked roads and burned vehicles in response to the capture of 13 suspected criminals. A pickup truck was being examined for evidence, officials said.<\/p>\n

The state prosecutor’s office said five of the victims in Fresnillo had been identified and their bodies handed over to relatives.<\/p>\n

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Members of the investigative police stand next to bodies wrapped in blankets and covered with duct tape left by unknown persons on a street in Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico, May 7, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Fresnillo is considered by its residents to be the most dangerous city in Mexico.\u00a0<\/p>\n