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59 Dead Found in Tamaulipas |
2011-04-07 |
A total of 459 individuals were found in eight gravesites in the Mexican northern state of Tamaulipas Tuesday, according to Mexican news accounts. Reports say the discovery was the result of a joint Mexican federal and Tamaulipas state investigation of a hijacking that took place March 25th involving a public bus. Incident to the discovery was the arrest of 11 suspects suspected in the kidnappings. The graves were found on the ejido La Joya within the San Fernando town limits. A number of shootings have taken place on Tamaulipas' highways around the same time as the hijacking.
San Fernando, which is halfway between Ciudad Victoria and Reynosa on the main highway, was the site last summer where 72 migrants from Central and South America were massacred by a Los Zetas group. To see the Rantburg report on the August 2010 massacre of Central and South American migrants, click here. |
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