9 decapitated bodies found in western Mexico

The Associated Press
9:23 a.m. October 16, 2009

ACAPULCO, Mexico — Police have found the decapitated bodies of nine men inside a pickup truck abandoned on a highway in the drug-plagued Mexican state of Guerrero.

The Guerrero state Public Safety Department says that the bodies and severed heads were found inside 18 plastic bags left on the bed of the pickup truck that was blocking a highway in the town of Tlapehuala.

It says in a statement Friday that police also found a threatening message signed by La Familia drug cartel.

Guerrero is experiencing a wave of violent crime linked to drug trafficking that authorities say is part of battle between La Familia and other drug cartels for control of drug routes in the Pacific coast state.

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