12 bodies found on Mexico highway

Mexico City, July 14 (IANS/EFE) Bodies of 11 people, including a woman, with bullet wounds at the back of the head, were found near a highway in Mexico, officials said.

Motorists passing through the Las Yescas area in Tamaulipas state spotted the bodies Monday and called police, the Attorney General’s Office said.

The bodies showed signs of torture and bullet wounds, from large-calibre weapons, at the back of the head. However, no empty bullets were found in the area where the bodies were discovered, indicating that the killers just dumped the victims there, police said.

Some of the victims were wearing white shirts with the letter “Z” on them, a possible reference to the Los Zetas drug cartel, they said.

–IANS/EFE