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Serious/ 11 bodies are found inside an abandoned truck in the south of Mexico
2024-11-09 08:42:13 / BOTA
The bodies of 11 people, including two children, have been found inside a vehicle in a southern Mexican city beset by violence, officials say.
The discovery was made in the town of Chilpancingo, whose mayor was beheaded last month just days after taking office, in Guerrero state.
The identities of the victims are not yet known and the case is being treated as a homicide, the state Attorney General said.
Police were called to the scene after an abandoned truck was reported to authorities Wednesday night.
The truck containing the bodies was found on a highway to Acapulco, which was a destination for the rich and famous in the 1950s and 1960s but has since become a hot spot for drug trafficking with a high homicide rate.
Guerrero is one of Mexico's most violent states due to its location on the smuggling routes to the Pacific coast. Last year, 1,890 murders were recorded in the state.
Chilpancingo, a city of about 280,000 people, has long been the scene of turf battles between two drug gangs, the Ardillos and the Tlacos.
At least six candidates for public office were killed in the state ahead of Mexico's June 2 election.
Last month, Chilpancingo Mayor Alejandro Arcos was found beheaded less than a week after taking office.
More than 450,000 people have been killed and tens of thousands have disappeared across Mexico since the government deployed the military to fight drug trafficking in 2006.
Mexico's new president, Claudia Sheinbaum, has made tackling violent crime a priority. She unveiled a new security plan last month that included improving intelligence sharing and increasing the National Guard.
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