Body count from 38 to 50 dead

Elements of the Mexican Army discovered a mass grave containing the remains of at least 50 individuals Thursday, according to Mexican press reports.

The discovery was made when the army was called to an area near the Monterrey-Reynosa highway in the Benito Juarez municipality (county). The bodies were all in graves in a three hectare area known as the Hacienda Calderon, a kilometer from Monterrey-Reynosa highway.

An additional gravesite was found Friday containing the remains of seven more individuals. Officials have say there may be more.

The dead include 36 men and two women, nearly all had tattoos and all had been shot. Officials said that the remains are no more than 15 days old. The graves were discovered when army patrols noticed poor attempts to camouflage the ground.