Bodies found buried in grave at house

Associated Press - January 18, 2008 11:53 PM ET

MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexican authorities say federal agents have found six bodies buried in a shallow grave at a house in the northern city of Chihuahua.(chee-WAH'-wah), about 250 miles south of El Paso, Texas.

The agents, acting on tips from a caller, used picks, shovels and cadaver-sniffing dogs to locate the remains. The anonymous caller reportedly told authorities the house was used by drug traffickers.

The discovery comes after a bloody week in which federal police officers and soldiers clashed with gunmen working for a drug cartel in the border city of Tijuana. A three-hour shootout left a gunman and a federal agent dead. Authorities later found six slain kidnapping victims inside the house.

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