Seventeen bodies found on Mexican farm

on 17/09/2012 09:59:56

The dismembered bodies of 17 men were found on a farm in central Mexico, in an area disputed by violent drug cartels.

The bodies were dumped in the town of Tizapan el Alto by the border between Jalisco and Michoacan, said Jalisco state prosecutor Tomas Coronado Olmos.

The bodies, discovered as Mexicans celebrated their Independence Day, were found near the road linking Guadalajara and Morelia. Michoacan state is home to the Familia Michoacana and the Caballeros Templarios organised crime groups, and Jalisco has seen violence by the brutal Zetas and the Jalisco Nueva Generacion cartels.