Posted on 07/26/2010 12:28:05 PM PDT by Mikey_1962
Most of the bodies were found in deep pits, and some had been burned.
The Mexican authorities say they have recovered more than 50 bodies from a clandestine cemetery in the northern state of Nuevo Leon.
The dead are thought to be victims of drugs gangs who have been fighting for control of smuggling routes into the United States.
Investigators have been using heavy machinery to dig for the bodies outside the city of Monterrey.
Forensic experts are working to identify the dead.
"The majority of the bodies have tattoos which could give us an indication about whether they belonged to one group or other and whether they were linked to organised crime" said state attorney general Alejandro Garza y Garza.
Some have bullet wounds, and some are badly burned. Almost all the victims were men.
Refrigerated lorries are being used to store the bodies because local morgues do not have enough room.
Torture
The remote site near a rubbish dump was discovered by the army after an anonymous tip-off.
Most of the bodies were buried in deep pits, but others were found on or near the surface.
Investigators believe drug gangs used the spot to torture and kill their victims.
In the past weeks, two other mass grave sites have been discovered in Nuevo Leon, which is the scene of a fierce battle between between rival drugs gangs.
The powerful Gulf cartel has been fighting its former allies, the Zetas, for control of lucrative smuggling routes to the US.
More than 200 people have disappeared in the border state over the past three years.
Almost 25,000 people have died in drug related violence in Mexico since the government deployed the army to fight the cartels in December 2006.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
Sounds like Iraq.
It’s them Arizona state officials.
I guess this is officially a “quagmire”? Somehow this must be Bush’s fault.
I don’t know how this hasn’t spilled over. 0dumbo needs to go the Mexico’s Congress and tell them to get their act together and stay the F out of our business.see if he gets an ovation
So long as the Courtier Press can studiously ignore it, they will. So long as they do, many Americans will simply not notice. I can’t believe how many still get their news from the MSM, but so it seems to be. Fear is becoming palpable among the more timid types I know (that would be most of the folks around, who wants trouble, they say...)
these are still the “good ‘ol days” in Mexico ... the future there will rival Beirut in the 1980s ...
And the future here is going to be how much brighter? We, ourselves may well be rivaling Beirut, circa 1982 or so...
the infowarrior
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