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Seven Bodies Dumped in Streets of Mexico Gulf City

by Admin on December 5, 2011 in Gulf Cartel, Jalisco Nueva Generacion cartels, La Familia Michoacana crime syndicate, Mexcan Extortion, Mexican Cartel War, Narco Terrorism, Tyrrany, Zetas with No comments
Español: malecon de veracruz de noche

Latin America Herald Tribune

VERACRUZ, Mexico – The bodies of seven people who had been tortured were dumped in the streets of the Mexican Gulf city of Veracruz over the weekend, prosecutors said.

The bodies were found Sunday morning on Jimenez Sur street in the Adolfo Lopez Mateos district of Veracruz, a port city located about 300 kilometers (186 miles) east of Mexico City, the Veracruz state Attorney General’s Office said.Veracruz has been plagued by a turf war between rival drug cartels that has sent the murder rate skyrocketing this year.Initial reports said the victims were gagged, bound and bore signs of torture.

Army troops, marines and municipal police launched a search for the individuals who dumped the bodies in the street, but no arrests were made.

Residents of Veracruz city were stunned on Sept. 20 by the discovery of 35 bodies dumped on a busy thoroughfare.

A week later, 32 bodies were found at three drug-gang “safe houses” in the Veracruz-Boca del Rio metro area.

The recent uptick in violence prompted the federal government to deploy the military to the city in October.

The federal operation involves cleaning up local police departments and strengthening intelligence efforts to bolster security across Veracruz state.

The Gulf, Los Zetas, and the relatively new Jalisco Nueva Generacion cartels, as well as breakaway members of the once-powerful La Familia Michoacana crime syndicate, are fueling the violence in Veracruz, which is Mexico’s third-most populous state and coveted as a key drug-trafficking corridor to the United States, officials said. EFE

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