Drums may hold dissolved remains
By Sandra Dibble
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

October 1, 2008

TIJUANA – Authorities are investigating the deaths of two men whose bodies were found near a Tijuana water-utility tank early yesterday and whether human remains may be inside three barrels found outside a restaurant.


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outside a Tijuana restaurant yesterday. A sign on one of the barrels suggested they contained human remains and warned of a similar fate for the head of a crime cartel and his associates.
The two corpses were found with their heads wrapped in tape on an empty lot in a southwestern area of the city, the Baja California Attorney General's Office said.

Miles away, specialists in the handling of toxic materials with the Tijuana Fire Department were called to remove three tall, blue barrels – one of them turned over – left outside a seafood restaurant called Mariscos del Pacifico.

A sign on one of the barrels suggested they contained human remains, and warned of a similar fate for “The Engineerâ€