Four bullet-riddled bodies found in Mexico
August 9th, 2010 - 12:41 pm ICT by IANSMexico City, Aug 9 (IANS/EFE) Four bullet-riddled bodies were found in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero, while 12 hostages were released by kidnappers in the northern state of Nuevo Leon, officials said.
The bodies of four people killed gangland-style were found along with “narcomessages” in the cities of Tecoanapa and Petatlan.
The bodies of Mario Uriostegui Hernandez, 20, and his brother, Ursulo, were found Saturday morning on the Ayutla-Tierra Colorada federal highway, the Guerrero Public Safety Secretariat said.
Two other bodies were found a few minutes later on the Acapulco-Zihuatanejo highway near Loma del Toro, an area in the city of Petatlan, the secretariat said.
The two men “had their hands bound and their eyes were covered with masking tape”, the secretariat said, adding that both had been “shot in the back of the head”.
Guerrero has been rocked by drug-related violence over the past six months as a gang led by Edgar Valdez Villarreal has fought a rival faction for control of the Beltran Leyva drug cartel.
Control of the cartel has been up for grabs since powerful drug lord Arturo Beltran Leyva was killed in a shootout Dec 16 in Cuernavaca, the capital of Morelos state and main bastion of the criminal organization.
–IANS/EFE
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