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Death in Durango: Toll in Mass Graves Rises to 218
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The death toll in the Durango, Durango rose Saturday to 218 dead as the fifth and a newly discovered sixth gravesite yielded 22 more victims, according to Mexican news reports.
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The latest find is another location on calle Valentin Trujillo in the Valle del Guadiana colony. Until Saturday, 41 bodies were exhumed from the Valle del Guadiana colony, but with the 18 bodies uncovered Saturday, the total exhumed reached 59 in the area, which makes it the largest find since exhumations began last month.

In other news, a total of nine unidentified individuals were found dead in locations in and around Durango city including six men found beheaded near Durango city.

  • A man was found shot to death Saturday in Durango city near the intersection of Bulevar San Benito and Calle Santa Isabel in the San Carlos colony. The victim had been handcuffed prior to being shot.

  • A man was found dead and wrapped in a sheet in Durango city Saturday near the intersection of calles Jesus Garcia and 24 de Marzo in the José Revueltas colony.

  • Edgar Manuel Rios Núñez 18, was found beaten to death Saturday near his residence in Cantalan, Durango Saturday in the Los Nogales colony.

  • Six men were found decapitated on he Mezquital-Durango city highway Thursday. Four of the victims were said to be guards of Centro de Readaptacion Social (CERESO) prison.

  • The Durango state attorney general's office (FGE) reported Thursday a fake checkpoint had been set up on the San Lucas de Ocampo a San Juan del Río highway by armed suspects. Police units arriving at the location reported two individuals had been wounded by gunfire.

Posted by: badanov 2011-05-15
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