15 headless bodies found outside Acapulco mall in maxico
Police found the decapitated bodies of 15 men outside a mall in Acapulco, Mexico, early Saturday, bringing the death toll in 24 hours of drug violence raging in the town, the Pacific coast to 27 said a senior official.
The decapitated bodies were found on a road outside the mall Beach Trail, a mile sweep of the high-rise hotels in the Bay of Acapulco was Mexico's first famous resort.
It was the largest group of victims has been found beheaded in Mexico.
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Guerrero state prosecutor David Augusto Sotelo told the official news agency Notimex that the number of daily deaths in Acapulco had risen to 27 victims.
A statement from the Public Safety office in Guerrero state said police received a call at 12:44 amalertar a burning vehicle near beach trail, a popular shopping center two years of age, with a track ice cover.
When state police arrived, they found a white Nissan pickup truck on fire, and four other abandoned vehicles, one with the engine running, the statement said.
Police also found the headless bodies - and, some distance, his head, piled up. Nearby, two white signs with black letters carrying messages of a drug cartel.
All victims were male and appeared to be between 25 and 30 years of age, the police statement. The bodies were covered with sand and appeared to have been killed elsewhere and dumped there.
Sotelo said that afternoon that seven of the victims had been identified, and two of them were male, 17 years old.
Televisa, a national broadcaster said on its website that the police in other parts of Acapulco found four bodies in a taxi. One of the vehicles in the commercial center of Playa de Sendero was also found to have the head on it. How do other killings occurred was not immediately clear.
Police found no messages left at the signs that the scene of the beheading. However, the web site Narco blog posted numerous pictures of the scene and said the signs were written in the name of the drug lord in Mexico's most wanted, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera, the Sinaloa Cartel boss.
"For all citizens, extortion will no longer occur. Sincerely, Shorty Guzman," said one poster, according to the website. The other poster said, "This is going to happen to any person attempting to enter this territory," he said.
Acapulco has been hit in a fierce battle between the remnants of the Beltran Leyva drug gang, La Familia cartel based in the state of Michoacan and Sinaloa cartel now, all fighting for control of a corridor for drug smuggling key through the season.
Beheadings said the Sinaloa cartel, considered the most powerful of Mexico, the crime group, had moved to the city hard and try to restore order through heavy-handed actions to end the rampant crime and extortion .
Acapulco has become a major combat zone with the execution of eye for eye, public beheadings and shootings. A little over three months, the complex was rocked by the kidnapping of broad daylight of 20 men from Michoacan, apparently to start a holiday. The bodies of 18 men met in early November in a mass grave.
Prior to the discovery on Saturday, the highest occurrence of beheadings was in Merida, the largest city in the Yucatan Peninsula in August 2008, when 12 decapitated bodies were found. Most of the bodies had tattoos of a dragon. The heads were never found.
The bloodshed in Acapulco came a day after the mayor of Zaragoza, in the state of Coahuila, was found dead of gunshot wounds. Mayor Saul Vara was the 15th meeting mayor or choose a mayor to be killed since the beginning of 2010.
Drug violence in Mexico has claimed more than 30. 100 lives since President Felipe Calderon took office in late 2006 and deployed troops in a frontal battle against drug cartels. The accelerated pace of murders last year when ove
Police discovered the bodies of 15 decapitated men outside a shopping mall in Acapulco, Mexico, early Saturday, bringing the death toll from 24 hours of raging drug violence in the Pacific Coast resort to 27, a top official said.
The headless bodies were found on a walkway outside the Playa Sendero shopping mall, about a mile from the sweep of high-rise hotels on the scenic bay that made Acapulco Mexico's first famous beach resort.
It was the largest single group of decapitation victims ever found in Mexico.
A statement by the Public Security office in Guerrero state said police received a call at 12:44 a.m. alerting them to a burning vehicle near Playa Sendero, a popular two-year-old shopping center with an indoor ice rink.
When state police arrived, they discovered a white Nissan SUV on fire, and four other abandoned vehicles, one with its motor running, the statement said.
Police also found the beheaded corpses — and, some distance away, their heads, piled together. Nearby, two white posters with black lettering bore messages from a drug cartel.
All the victims were male and appeared to be between 25 and 30 years old, the police statement said. The bodies were covered in sand and appeared to have been murdered elsewhere and dumped at the scene.
Sotelo said in the late afternoon that seven of the victims had been identified, and two of them were 17-year-old males.
Televisa, a national television network, said on its website that police in other parts of Acapulco found four bodies inside a taxi. One of the vehicles at the Playa Sendero mall was also found to have a head in it. How the other homicides occurred was not immediately clear.
Police did not reveal the messages left on the signs at the scene of the beheadings. But the Blog del Narco website posted numerous photos of the scene and said the posters were written on behalf of Mexico's most wanted drug lord, Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman Loera, head of the Sinaloa Cartel.
"To all citizens, extortion will no longer occur. Sincerely, Shorty Guzman," said one poster, according to the website. The other poster said, "This will happen to anyone who tries to come into this turf," it said.
Acapulco has been roiled in a vicious battle among remnants of the Beltran Leyva drug gang, the La Familia cartel based in the state of Michoacan and now the Sinaloa cartel, all battling for control of a key drug smuggling corridor through the resort.
The beheadings signaled that the Sinaloa Cartel, considered Mexico's most powerful crime group, had moved strongly into the city and would seek to restore order through strong-arm action to quell extortions and rampant crime.
Acapulco has become a major combat zone, with tit-for-tat executions, beheadings and public gunfights. A little more than three months ago, the resort was shaken by the broad-daylight abduction of 20 men arriving from Michoacan, ostensibly to begin a holiday. The bodies of 18 of the men were found in early November in a common grave.
Prior to Saturday's discovery, the largest single occurrence of beheadings was in Merida, the largest city in the Yucatan Peninsula, in August 2008, when 12 headless bodies were found. Most of the bodies had dragon tattoos. The heads were never found.
The bloodshed in Acapulco came a day after the mayor of Zaragoza in Coahuila state was found dead from gunshot wounds. Mayor Saul Vara was the 15th sitting mayor or mayor-elect murdered since the beginning of 2010.
Drug violence in Mexico has taken more than 30,100 lives since President Felipe Calderon took office in late 2006 and deployed troops in a frontal battle against drug cartels. The pace of killings quickened last year when more than 12,400 people were slain.
r 12,400 people were killed.
The decapitated bodies were found on a road outside the mall Beach Trail, a mile sweep of the high-rise hotels in the Bay of Acapulco was Mexico's first famous resort.
It was the largest group of victims has been found beheaded in Mexico.
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Guerrero state prosecutor David Augusto Sotelo told the official news agency Notimex that the number of daily deaths in Acapulco had risen to 27 victims.
A statement from the Public Safety office in Guerrero state said police received a call at 12:44 amalertar a burning vehicle near beach trail, a popular shopping center two years of age, with a track ice cover.
When state police arrived, they found a white Nissan pickup truck on fire, and four other abandoned vehicles, one with the engine running, the statement said.
Police also found the headless bodies - and, some distance, his head, piled up. Nearby, two white signs with black letters carrying messages of a drug cartel.
All victims were male and appeared to be between 25 and 30 years of age, the police statement. The bodies were covered with sand and appeared to have been killed elsewhere and dumped there.
Sotelo said that afternoon that seven of the victims had been identified, and two of them were male, 17 years old.
Televisa, a national broadcaster said on its website that the police in other parts of Acapulco found four bodies in a taxi. One of the vehicles in the commercial center of Playa de Sendero was also found to have the head on it. How do other killings occurred was not immediately clear.
Police found no messages left at the signs that the scene of the beheading. However, the web site Narco blog posted numerous pictures of the scene and said the signs were written in the name of the drug lord in Mexico's most wanted, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera, the Sinaloa Cartel boss.
"For all citizens, extortion will no longer occur. Sincerely, Shorty Guzman," said one poster, according to the website. The other poster said, "This is going to happen to any person attempting to enter this territory," he said.
Acapulco has been hit in a fierce battle between the remnants of the Beltran Leyva drug gang, La Familia cartel based in the state of Michoacan and Sinaloa cartel now, all fighting for control of a corridor for drug smuggling key through the season.
Beheadings said the Sinaloa cartel, considered the most powerful of Mexico, the crime group, had moved to the city hard and try to restore order through heavy-handed actions to end the rampant crime and extortion .
Acapulco has become a major combat zone with the execution of eye for eye, public beheadings and shootings. A little over three months, the complex was rocked by the kidnapping of broad daylight of 20 men from Michoacan, apparently to start a holiday. The bodies of 18 men met in early November in a mass grave.
Prior to the discovery on Saturday, the highest occurrence of beheadings was in Merida, the largest city in the Yucatan Peninsula in August 2008, when 12 decapitated bodies were found. Most of the bodies had tattoos of a dragon. The heads were never found.
The bloodshed in Acapulco came a day after the mayor of Zaragoza, in the state of Coahuila, was found dead of gunshot wounds. Mayor Saul Vara was the 15th meeting mayor or choose a mayor to be killed since the beginning of 2010.
Drug violence in Mexico has claimed more than 30. 100 lives since President Felipe Calderon took office in late 2006 and deployed troops in a frontal battle against drug cartels. The accelerated pace of murders last year when ove
Police discovered the bodies of 15 decapitated men outside a shopping mall in Acapulco, Mexico, early Saturday, bringing the death toll from 24 hours of raging drug violence in the Pacific Coast resort to 27, a top official said.
The headless bodies were found on a walkway outside the Playa Sendero shopping mall, about a mile from the sweep of high-rise hotels on the scenic bay that made Acapulco Mexico's first famous beach resort.
It was the largest single group of decapitation victims ever found in Mexico.
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Guerrero state prosecutor David Augusto Sotelo told the official Notimex news agency that the daily death toll in Acapulco had risen to 27 victims.A statement by the Public Security office in Guerrero state said police received a call at 12:44 a.m. alerting them to a burning vehicle near Playa Sendero, a popular two-year-old shopping center with an indoor ice rink.
When state police arrived, they discovered a white Nissan SUV on fire, and four other abandoned vehicles, one with its motor running, the statement said.
Police also found the beheaded corpses — and, some distance away, their heads, piled together. Nearby, two white posters with black lettering bore messages from a drug cartel.
All the victims were male and appeared to be between 25 and 30 years old, the police statement said. The bodies were covered in sand and appeared to have been murdered elsewhere and dumped at the scene.
Sotelo said in the late afternoon that seven of the victims had been identified, and two of them were 17-year-old males.
Televisa, a national television network, said on its website that police in other parts of Acapulco found four bodies inside a taxi. One of the vehicles at the Playa Sendero mall was also found to have a head in it. How the other homicides occurred was not immediately clear.
Police did not reveal the messages left on the signs at the scene of the beheadings. But the Blog del Narco website posted numerous photos of the scene and said the posters were written on behalf of Mexico's most wanted drug lord, Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman Loera, head of the Sinaloa Cartel.
"To all citizens, extortion will no longer occur. Sincerely, Shorty Guzman," said one poster, according to the website. The other poster said, "This will happen to anyone who tries to come into this turf," it said.
Acapulco has been roiled in a vicious battle among remnants of the Beltran Leyva drug gang, the La Familia cartel based in the state of Michoacan and now the Sinaloa cartel, all battling for control of a key drug smuggling corridor through the resort.
The beheadings signaled that the Sinaloa Cartel, considered Mexico's most powerful crime group, had moved strongly into the city and would seek to restore order through strong-arm action to quell extortions and rampant crime.
Acapulco has become a major combat zone, with tit-for-tat executions, beheadings and public gunfights. A little more than three months ago, the resort was shaken by the broad-daylight abduction of 20 men arriving from Michoacan, ostensibly to begin a holiday. The bodies of 18 of the men were found in early November in a common grave.
Prior to Saturday's discovery, the largest single occurrence of beheadings was in Merida, the largest city in the Yucatan Peninsula, in August 2008, when 12 headless bodies were found. Most of the bodies had dragon tattoos. The heads were never found.
The bloodshed in Acapulco came a day after the mayor of Zaragoza in Coahuila state was found dead from gunshot wounds. Mayor Saul Vara was the 15th sitting mayor or mayor-elect murdered since the beginning of 2010.
Drug violence in Mexico has taken more than 30,100 lives since President Felipe Calderon took office in late 2006 and deployed troops in a frontal battle against drug cartels. The pace of killings quickened last year when more than 12,400 people were slain.
r 12,400 people were killed.