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Fifteen unidentified men and women were found bound, gagged, tortured and shot to death on a road near Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas Thursday, according to Mexican press reports.
The find was made on the Ciudad Victoria-Matamoros road about 100 km. south of the border city of Matamoros near the village of San German. The bodies were said to be stacked atop one another and some had the letter Z placed in them.
Thirteen men and two women were found.
The area around Ciudad Victoria is a known area where the criminal gang Los Zetas operates. Los Zetas are said to be the shooters in the murder Tamaulipas gubernatorial candidate Rodolfo Torre Cantu and three others last month, which took also place near Ciudad Victoria.
The area is also contested between Los Zetas and their former parent organization, the Gulf Cartel.