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From the New York Post: Twenty bodies were discovered — including four decapitated corpses hanging from a bridge near a plastic bag of human heads — after a bloody day of cartel violence in Mexico over the weekend.
All 20 of the victims were male and had gunshot wounds, the Sinaloa State Attorney General’s Office said.
Five of the bodies were decapitated, with four of those corpses left strung up by their feet along a highway bridge near Culiacán, the largest city in Sinaloa state, authorities said.
The 15 other bodies, including the fifth missing his head, were discovered just yards away in a van.
A plastic bag containing five human heads was found close to the bridge, officials said.
In all, there were 27 murders reported in Sinaloa on Sunday, including a young man and two women killed in an attack in Culiacán.
According to a separate report by CBS News, over 480,000 lives have been lost in Mexico since 2006, due to criminal violence, and another 120,000 people are missing. Most of the violence is related to drug trafficking.
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Mexican news outlet El Pais reported:
Authorities also found messages — one on a tarp tied to the truck, and others painted on the vehicle’s frame. The messages suggest that the attack was carried out by a faction led by Ismael Zambada Sicairos, alias “Mayito Flaco,” son of Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada. The messages criticize the leaders of the rival faction, the sons of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, Iván and Alfredo Guzmán Salazar, known as Los Chapitos.
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