Tijuana authorities find seventh body in four days

2:00 a.m. April 24, 2009

TIJUANA: Authorities found the decapitated body of a man dumped in Tijuana yesterday, the seventh person killed in the past four days in the city, officials said.

The body was discovered at 6:30 a.m., wrapped in a blanket. The killers left the man's head atop his chest, police said. The victim has not been identified.

The Baja California Attorney General's Office said six others were killed this week, including a couple slain in their home and a man who was burned. All the victims were found in Tijuana's eastern zone.

The Attorney General's Office has registered 170 homicides in Tijuana this year, most related to the ongoing war between the government and organized crime as well as internal battles among drug cartels.

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