Mexican governor blames Gulf cartel for beheadings

REUTERS

5:11 p.m. August 29, 2008

CANCUN, Mexico – The beheadings of twelve people in southern Mexico were probably the work of the powerful Gulf cartel based across the border from Texas, a state governor said Friday.

Eleven beheaded bodies with signs of torture were dumped outside the city of Merida in the Yucatan Peninsula Thursday. A 12th beheaded body was found 50 miles away in a small town to the east of Merida, also showing signs of torture.

“This seems to be the work of the Gulf cartel,â€