Very sad.

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Oct 15, 12:40 PM EDT

Mexican police find woman's body near border

NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico (AP) -- Police in northern Mexico said they discovered the body of an unidentified woman who was beaten, raped and apparently shot to death near a shallow stretch of the Rio Grande favored by migrants for illegal crossings into the United States.

Investigator Oscar Sepulveda said the 20-year-old woman's remains were found Saturday evening in the trunk of an abandoned car near a sewage treatment plant about 500 yards from the river, which forms the border between Mexico and the U.S. state of Texas.

In addition to being raped, the victim showed signs of being beaten in the head and chest, and there was also evidence she died from at least one gunshot wound, Sepulveda said.

No arrests were made, and investigators had not determined a motive.

So far this year, 155 people have been killed in Nuevo Laredo, across the border from Laredo, Texas. At least 30 were women or children under 16, police say.

The victim was discovered along a shallow part of river that is often used as a crossing by migrants, especially women and children.