Police Find 11 Bodies Dumped by Highway in Southern Mexico and 4 More in Resort of Acapulco

Published on November 8, 2024

MEXICO CITY—Police in a southern Mexico region rife with drug cartel violence have found 11 bodies, including two minors, dumped by a highway, prosecutors in the state of Guerrero said Thursday. Also Thursday, authorities in the nearby resort of Acapulco said four bodies, all strangled to death, were found in a car there. The 11 bodies were found late Wednesday after police received a tip about an abandoned pickup truck on the main thoroughfare of the city of Chilpancingo, the state capital. The city of 300,000 has been the scene of gruesome drug gang violence as two rival cartels fight for control of the area....

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