MEANWHILE IN MEXICO
Thirty-seven dismembered bodies dumped on Mexico highway: report
Published: Sunday, 13 May 2012 | 10:23 AM ET
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Authorities found the dismembered bodies of 37 people stuffed into bags and dumped on a highway near the northern industrial city of Monterrey in what appeared to be part of a string of brutal drug gang killings, local media reported.
The bodies were found in the early hours of Sunday on a highway, sparking a large deployment of local, state and military officials to the scene, daily Excelsior reported on its website. Other national newspapers also reported 37 dead.
The report follows a string of atrocities, including 18 people who were found decapitated and dismembered near Mexico's second-largest city, Guadalajara, on Wednesday.
Authorities in Nuevo Leon, the home state of Monterrey, could not immediately be reached for comment.
(Reporting By Michael O'Boyle; Editing by Eric Beech)
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Thirty-seven dismembered bodies dumped on Mexico highway: report
Published: Sunday, 13 May 2012 | 10:23 AM ET
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Authorities found the dismembered bodies of 37 people stuffed into bags and dumped on a highway near the northern industrial city of Monterrey in what appeared to be part of a string of brutal drug gang killings, local media reported.
The bodies were found in the early hours of Sunday on a highway, sparking a large deployment of local, state and military officials to the scene, daily Excelsior reported on its website. Other national newspapers also reported 37 dead.
The report follows a string of atrocities, including 18 people who were found decapitated and dismembered near Mexico's second-largest city, Guadalajara, on Wednesday.
Authorities in Nuevo Leon, the home state of Monterrey, could not immediately be reached for comment.
(Reporting By Michael O'Boyle; Editing by Eric Beech)
(c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2012. Check for restrictions at: http://about.reuters.com/fulllegal.asp