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By Chris Covert
Rantburg.com
A total of 17 unidentified individuals were found dead in Michoacan state Sunday, according to Mexican news accounts.
According to a news report posted on the website of Terra.com, police were notified that all 17 murder victims had been dumped on the highway Sunday morning. The site is located on Kilometer 38 of the Guadalajara, Jalisco to Morelia Michoacan highway, near Ejido Modelo in Tizapan Alto municipality in Michoacan.
All 17 victims were males who had been shot to death, and were dumped in front of local residents at around 1000 hrs. Some of the victims were partially nude and bound with chains, and some had been tortured.
The area around western Michoacan state has been heating up of late as leaders of Los Caballeros Templarios drug cartel have decided to square off against Los Zetas over territory once dominated by La Familia Michoacana drug cartel.
Chris Covert writes Mexican Drug War and national political news for Rantburg.com