Borderland Beat by DD material from Business Standard and Global Research. A brief early story on this was posted on the Forum yesterday by .Mars220
Chilpancingo (Mexico), Dec 1 (IANS/EFE) Five burnt bodies were found over the weekend in Chilapa de Alvarez, a town in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero, police chief Job Encarnacion Cuenca said.
Police received a call around 8.40 p.m. Saturday that an SUV was on fire about three km from Chilapa de Alvarez, Cuenca told Efe news agency.
Officers found five bodies that had been set on fire with straw in the vehicle, the police chief said.
The corpes found Saturday night were not far from where 43 missing Ayotzinapa students are feared to have been killed by drug gangs.
The bodies may be those of five businessmen who disappeared last week, security officials said.
According to forensics there are five charred and beheaded bodies,” local authorities said, also concluding that the bodies were most likely unrelated to the case of the 43 missing students from Ayotzinapa.
The corpes found Saturday night were not far from where 43 missing Ayotzinapa students are feared to have been killed by drug gangs.
Officials added that they are waiting for the forensic service to identify the bodies
he town of Chilapa, which is situated 323 km south of the capital, Mexico City, witnessed a violent confrontation between gangs in July, leading authorities to enforce a curfew for several days. The area is well known for its high production of marijuana and opium poppy
At least 500 Army troops and 30 police agents were sent to tighten security in Chilapa, according to Mayor Francisco Janier Garcia, who admitted to feeling overwhelmed by the situation.
Last Thursday, police found the headless bodies of 11 young men on the road between Chilapa de Alvarez and Ayahualulco, the Guerrero Attorney General's Office said.
The bodies were dumped in the road after a shootout Wednesday night between rival gangs, Guerrero AG's office spokesmen told Efe.
The Los Rojos and Los Ardillos gangs have been fighting for control of the illegal drug trade and other criminal activities in a section of Guerrero.
Two clandestine graves containing 13 bodies were found nearly a month ago in Chilapa de Alvarez.
Since President Enrique Peña Nieto was elected, 30,789 people have been killed