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| Nuevo Leon: Cops Find 14 Dead in Guadalupe |
| 2010-07-15 |
| Google Translate. Rewritten for clarity and from various sources A total of 14 dead were discovered in a mass grave at a junkyard in Guadalupe, Nuevo Leon Wednesday morning, according to Mexican press accounts. The bodies were found inside eight 200 liter barrels six of them burnt beyond recognition. Police forensic teams are trying to determine if the barrels contain the remains of more than one person. The discovery was made at the Cranes Monterrey junkyard at 820 Calle RÃÂo Escondido in the Industrial La Silla district near the riverbed after an anonymous caller tipped off police. In a separate news report, the owner admitted that he had been under threat if he tipped off the police to the area, and so he did not inform the police about the mass grave. He insisted he knew nothing about the graves. A number of area junkyards in the past have been used by criminal gangs as centers for kidnapping operations. Rescue perations involving these areas have been mounted in the past as well. Mexican Army units along with Monterrey police rapid reaction forces are conducting search of other facilities to find other graves. Police seized in the find a GMC pickup truck and a Chrysler 300 sedan. Some reports say drug and munitions were found as well, but those reports are unofficial. Polcie expect to find more bodies as the invest1gation continues. |
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