6 bodies found in gang-plagued western Mexico

Associated Press - April 4, 2009 2:33 PM ET

MORELIA, Mexico (AP) - Police have found the bodies of 6 people who were shot to death in western Mexico, most bearing signs of torture emblematic of drug violence.

Police say 4 of the victims were found in a car in the city of Apatzingan, along with a message from one criminal gang threatening another. The bodies had signs of having been tortured.

A slain man was found in the port city of Lazaro Cardenas, also with a threatening message.

The sixth man was found on a highway in the city of Morelia. He had been shot in the head three times and left with a T-shirt pulled over his head and his hands handcuffed behind his back.

The victims were all found Saturday.

Mexico's drug violence has killed some 9,000 people since 2006.
http://www.kold.com/Global/story.asp?S=10130430