Seven bodies found outside Mexico's Guadalajara
Officer found the burning body in a deserted area while on patrol in the municipality of El Salto.
GUADALAJARA, 2016 (AFP) - Authorities found on Wednesday seven bodies dispersed outside Guadalajara, Mexico’s second biggest city, including one in flames when it was discovered.
The bodies of four men, gagged and with bullet wounds, were found under a bridge in the municipality of Tonala, a suburb of the western city, said local police commander Miguel Magana Orozco.
Another two bullet-riddled men were found in a field in another part of Guadalajara’s suburbs.
"We don’t know if the events are linked," Magana said, adding that authorities are investigating whether they were related to internal strife within the Jalisco New Generation drug cartel.
Officer found the burning body in a deserted area while on patrol in the municipality of El Salto.
The New Generation cartel has become one of the most powerful criminal organizations in Mexico, fighting police and soldiers last year in several clashes that left dozens of suspects and security forces dead.
Elsewhere in Mexico, four people were killed on Tuesday when gunmen opened fire in La Purisima, a village in the central state of Puebla, prosecutors said.
The suspects were alleged members of a gang dedicated to stealing fuel. It was not immediately known whether the shooters fired indiscriminately or targeted specific people.
The shooting took place in an area where rival gangs dispute control of such thefts, which include taps in pipelines.
State-run energy firm Pemex has been hit by thousands of illegal taps in its pipelines in recent years, costing the company $2 billion a year, and 5,200 thefts were reported in Puebla state last year.
