7 found dead in tourist area with messages written on corpses
Photos of the bodies showed extensive bruising on the corpses, suggesting they had been beaten.
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Photos of the bodies showed extensive bruising on the corpses, suggesting they had been beaten.
The mass shooting happened just two weeks after 11 people were killed in an apparent revenge attack in the same state.
The massive bust comes a month after the Gulf Clan's alleged boss was extradited from Colombia to the U.S.
The police official allegedly gives law enforcement information to the Jalisco drug cartel "in exchange for bribes."
Mexico has been trapped in a spiral of cartel-related violence that has left more than 340,000 dead since 2006.
Witnesses said the victims were shot, after which the attackers poured gasoline to set the establishments on fire.
Rights groups are calling for "immediate" action from the government to locate the disappeared, but the problem is only getting worse.
Dairo Antonio Úsuga David, also known as Otoniel, is "the most dangerous drug trafficker in the world," Colombia's president said,
Francisco Javier Rodriguez Hernandez is also accused of controlling several laboratories for the production of synthetic drugs.
"They were kidnapped for the simple reason that they belonged to the army," Gen. Vicente Pérez López said.
The unit was created in 1997 and worked on cases such as the capture of notorious drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.
Mexico continues to see a wave of brazen mass killings across the country.
Video posted on social media showed people running down the beach as gunshots rang out as others took cover behind tables or chairs.
Discoveries of mutilated bodies dumped in public or hung from bridges have increased in Mexico in recent years.
The message was heard loud and clear -- the village has been completely deserted since February.
Federal authorities are working "with the aim of capturing those responsible for the violent acts," authorities said.
The move came after drug cartel gunmen fired at the U.S. consulate building in Nuevo Laredo, across the border from Laredo, Texas.
Armando Linares recently said he had received death threats after enrolling in a government journalist protection program.
Aguililla mayor Cesar Valencia was shot dead by unknown attackers while traveling in a city hall vehicle near a soccer field in the town.
A resident told reporters that armed men had arrived in trucks, entered the house and started shooting.
Volunteer search teams made up of relatives of disappeared people led authorities to the pits in a stretch of desert near a garbage dump.
The scenario could explain why the gunmen tried to erase signs of the confrontation, including power-washing blood from the street.
Prosecutors say that they cannot confirm how many died, because the attackers cleaned up the scene and carted away any bodies.
The move comes even though Ontario's leader said the anti-tariff ad would be halted beginning Monday.
Melissa strengthened into a major hurricane and is expected to bring "catastrophic" flash flooding and landslides to Jamaica, Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
Former vice president Kamala Harris spoke about the possibility of a woman being in the White House one day in an interview with the BBC.
President Trump met with the emir and prime minister of Qatar Saturday aboard Air Force One during a refueling stop.
President Trump late Friday pushed for several Biden-era Justice Department officials to be prosecuted over an FBI investigation into the fallout of the 2020 election.
Russian missile and drone attacks on Ukraine overnight into Saturday killed at least four people and wounded 20, officials said.
Jose Castro-Rivera was in a vehicle that was stopped on a Virginia highway on Thursday morning, according to Virginia State Police.
June Lockhart, the actor best known for her role as the matriarch in the TV series "Lassie", has died, her family spokesperson said Saturday.
The government shutdown hit Day 26 with no deal in sight as the Senate stands adjourned for the weekend.