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11 bodies found in Mexico truck were of missing group

AFP
Saturday, Nov 09, 2024

CHILPANCINGO, Mexico: The 11 people, including two minors, found dead in a pickup truck in southern Mexico were part of a group reported missing last month, authorities in Guerrero state said on Friday.

The victims, aged between 13 and 53, were part of a group of 17 people reported missing days ago in the town of Chilapa.

They were reported to be traveling merchants.

Their bodies were found on Wednesday night in a pickup truck on an avenue in Guerrero´s capital Chilpancingo, whose mayor was beheaded last month less than a week after taking office.

Two women, four minors and five adult men from the community of Chautipan, an hour´s drive west of Chilpancingo, “who were being sought by this office, have been identified,” the state´s prosecutors said in a statement.