Mexico City: The bound and burned bodies
of eight men were found in the central Mexico state of
Queretaro, prosecutors said on Sunday.
The still-unidentified bodies were discovered in the
back of two burned-out trucks on a rural road late yesterday,
state and federal prosecutors said in a statement.
The victims' hands were tied behind their backs with
wire, and they were apparently killed elsewhere.
Also today, in the northern state of Chihuahua,
officials reported that gunmen killed four police officers in
a series of attacks on patrol cars in the border city of
Ciudad Juarez yesterday.
State police spokesman Fidel Banuelos said the first
attack killed two brothers who were patrolling together but
worked for different agencies.
Police and prosecutors said two more officers were
wounded in two other attacks.
There was no immediate information on possible
motives. Nearly 2,500 people have died in drug-related
violence this year in the city across from El Paso, Texas.
PTI
First Published: Sunday, December 20, 2009, 09:30