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35 Los Zetas dead found in Vercruz
2011-09-21
Posted by: badanov

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A total of 35 individuals including 12 women were dumped near a busy commercial shopping center in Veracruz, Veracruz, according to Mexican news releases.

Governor of Veracruz state, Javier Duarte Ochoa announced the find in a two minute press conference in Xalapa Tuesday afternoon. He said most of the victims had criminal records, including kidnapping and murder.

Mexican news reports say the victims were all members of the Los Zetas drug cartel and had been executed by the Gulf cartel. The victims were found near two abandoned trucks on a highway overpass near the Plaza Las Americas shopping mall.

Males victims were naked to the waist and were handcuffed.