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By Chris Covert
A total of 11 unidentified individuals were found dead in several locations in Durango state Thursday, according to Mexican news accounts.
Near the intersection of the main north-south road and Calzada Jose Ramon Valdez in Santiago Papasquiaro city seven victims were found dead inside an abandoned van. All seven had been shot once the head and then lined up in the vehicle.
Additionally, near the village of Nuevo Ideal, two more unidentified men were found along the side of the highway north of Santiago Papasquiaro. Those victims were also shot in the head.
An eleventh victim was found in Gomez Palacio in far eastern Durango near a shopping center near Prolongacion Primo de Verdad. He had been shot in the torso.