2015-01-08 14:46
Mexico City - Mexican police have found 10
decapitated corpses and 11 heads in a south-western state that has
become a major problem for President Enrique Pena Nieto since the
apparent massacre of 43 trainee teachers there in September.
Several
of the headless corpses found in graves about 50km east of the Guerrero
state capital Chilpancingo showed signs of torture and had their hands
tied, local security officials said on Wednesday.
The
11 severed heads were discovered in one grave, inside four black
plastic bags, the Guerrero state prosecutor's office said in a
statement. The identity of the victims was unclear.
Mexico's government is still investigating what
happened to the missing students, who it says were abducted on the night
of 26 September by corrupt police in league with a drug gang in Iguala,
the third biggest city in Guerrero.
Attorney
General Jesus Murillo said the evidence strongly suggested that police
officers handed the students over to drug cartel members who incinerated
them. The remains of only one of the missing 43 have been identified so
far.
The fate of the students
has sparked major street protests in Mexico, and Pena Nieto has come
under pressure to clear up the case and put an end to drug violence in
the country.
In a meeting with Pena
Nieto at the White House on Tuesday, President Barack Obama said he was
committed to helping Mexico eradicate the cartels, but that it was up to
the Mexican government to resolve the problem.
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