Suspected drug hit men dumped four human heads in ice chests in northern Mexico on Friday in a gruesome killing of rivals, a state attorney general's office said.
"They were four men, beheaded by groups linked to drug trafficking. We believe the victims were drug gang members themselves," a spokeswoman said.
The heads were placed in four ice chests on Friday morning on a highway on the edge of the mining city of Durango and were found by police patrolling in the area.
Durango state is close to the Pacific state of Sinaloa, home to major traffickers including Mexico's most wanted man, Joaquin "El Chapo" (Shorty) Guzman.
Gangland killings have surged again in Mexico in recent weeks and organized crime murders across the country total 1,378 this year, Mexico's attorney general said on Friday, up 47 percent from this time last year.
Drug violence killed more than 2,500 people in 2007 as rival gangs fought over smuggling routes to the United States.
"They were four men, beheaded by groups linked to drug trafficking. We believe the victims were drug gang members themselves," a spokeswoman said.
The heads were placed in four ice chests on Friday morning on a highway on the edge of the mining city of Durango and were found by police patrolling in the area.
Durango state is close to the Pacific state of Sinaloa, home to major traffickers including Mexico's most wanted man, Joaquin "El Chapo" (Shorty) Guzman.
Gangland killings have surged again in Mexico in recent weeks and organized crime murders across the country total 1,378 this year, Mexico's attorney general said on Friday, up 47 percent from this time last year.
Drug violence killed more than 2,500 people in 2007 as rival gangs fought over smuggling routes to the United States.
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And why hasn't this guy been cought yet ? look out it's another Escobar only he's mexican. Being a hispanic myself I feel that there government should step up and shut these guy's down as thousand's of innocent people are dieing.As for all the gang's down there let's call them units.It wouldnt hurt if the people woke up and educated themself's so that they can shut these unit's down...
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