Friday, August 27, 2010

 
Police discover mass grave of 72 victims of Mexico drug war after shoot-out with gang

The bodies of 58 men and 14 women have been discovered in Mexico - the latest victims of the country’s brutal drugs war.

Soldiers made the gruesome find in a raid on a remote ranch near the border with Texas.

The victims are thought to have been executed by a rival gang in a turf war for control of the region and drug routes into the United States.

The Golfo cartel and rivals Los Zetas, composed of elite soldiers who deserted the Mexican army, are former allies who fell out a few months ago.

Their feud is one of many increasingly violent battles between drugs cartels that have been blighting Mexico since the government began its crackdown on the illegal trade four years ago.

The ranch, which is on the Gulf coast south of the border city of Matamoros, is the third mass grave to be uncovered in Mexico in the past three months...

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