MEXICO CITY (BNO NEWS) — Two decapitated bodies were found on early Monday morning inside a vehicle in Mexico City, police said on Tuesday. A message attributed to a drug lord was found on their bodies.
The bodies were discovered at around 5 a.m. local time in the capital’s Tacuba neighborhood, according to the office of Mexico City’s Attorney General. Two heads belonging to the bodies were found in the same area a short time earlier.
The victims were found inside a Nissan Tsuru vehicle, which investigations showed had previously been reported stolen from the municipality of Cuatitlan Izcalli in Mexico State. Police found written messages signed by drug lord ‘La Mano con Ojos’ (the hand with eyes) and the ‘La Nueva Administracion’ (the new order).
Authorities said the ages of the victims are believed to be between 25 and 30, but no other details were immediately released as an investigation is ongoing.
According to government figures, a total of 15,273 drug-related crimes occurred in Mexico in 2010, while more than 42,000 people have died in drug-related violence since Mexican President Felipe Calderón began his campaign to fight organized crime in December 2006.