Thread: Mexican Governor's Bodyguards Found Dismembered

Mexican Governor's Bodyguards Found Dismembered

Updated: Wednesday, 15 Jun 2011, 1:04 PM MST
Published : Wednesday, 15 Jun 2011, 1:04 PM MST

(AFP) - The dismembered corpses of two bodyguards for the governor of Mexico's Nuevo Leon state have been found in plastic bags outside a supermarket, officials said Wednesday.

Police in the northern town of Guadalupe recovered the remains of the men, who had been working for Governor Rodrigo Medina, said an official from the State Agency of Investigations.

The bags contained a message addressed to Medina, allegedly from the Gulf Cartel, which has been fighting turf battles with the rival Los Zetas Cartel in northeastern areas near the US border for more than 18 months.

Medina posted a message on his Twitter account saying, "threats will not stop my determination to beat organized crime."

Guadalupe adjoins Monterrey, the capital of Nuevo Leon state, which was until recent years seen as one of the safest cities in Mexico.

Authorities found another five bodies in and around Monterrey early Wednesday, including one of a woman who had been beheaded.

The toll in suspected drug-related violence nationwide has surpassed 37,000 since President Felipe Calderon launched a military crackdown on organized crime in 2006.

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