Mexico: Bodies of Five Men Found in Abandoned Pickup Truck

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Terrible discovery in an abandoned van Tecate, a city in northwestern Mexico, bordering the United States. The lifeless bodies of five men, naked and showing signs of beatings, were found. found in the vehicle, indicated this Sunday the authorities. The police were warned by local residents who saw the vehicle on Saturday.

Inside were five naked male corpses, “with multiple blows all over their bodies and strangulation marks,” the authorities. The van was registered in the United States, California, a presence that is not unusual in this border area. According to local media, a criminal group had left a message.

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Tecate is only about fifty kilometers from Tijuana, one of the cities of Baja California hit by drug cartel violence. Mexico recorded more than 420,000 murders, most of them attributed to criminal organizations, since a controversial militarized fight against drugs has been launched in December 2006.