MEXICO CITY, May 13 (Reuters) – Authorities found the
dismembered bodies of 37 people stuffed into bags and dumped on
a highway near the northern industrial city of Monterrey in what
appeared to be part of a string of brutal drug gang killings,
local media reported.
The bodies were found in the early hours of Sunday on a
highway, sparking a large deployment of local, state and
military officials to the scene, daily Excelsior reported on its
website. Other national newspapers also reported 37 dead.
The report follows a string of atrocities, including 18
people who were found decapitated and dismembered near Mexico’s
second-largest city, Guadalajara, on Wednesday.
Authorities in Nuevo Leon, the home state of Monterrey,
could not immediately be reached for comment.
(Reporting By Michael O’Boyle; Editing by Eric Beech)
