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23 bodies found hanging and decapitated from a bridge, in border city of Nuevo Laredo as Mexico’s drug violence explodes

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><header id&equals;"ra-headers">&NewLine;<header id&equals;"top" class&equals;"top full-columns">&NewLine;<div id&equals;"f0lQbHBCozbvjr" class&equals;"wrapper clearfix full pb-feature pb-layout-item pb-f-article-header" data-pb-name&equals;"Article Header" data-pb-curated&equals;"curated">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"card">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"card-content align-left">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"spaced spaced-xl spaced-top spaced-bottom"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">Border city of Nuevo Laredo&comma; Mexico explodes in drugs turf war<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"spaced spaced-xl spaced-top spaced-bottom"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">&nbsp&semi;9 found hanging from a bridge&comma; 14 decapitated&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"spaced spaced-xl spaced-top spaced-bottom"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">Victims &&num;8211&semi; five men and four women&comma;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">between the ages of 25 and 30&comma; <&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">showed signs of torture&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"spaced spaced-xl spaced-top spaced-bottom"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">All suspected members of Los Zetas drugs cartel<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"spaced spaced-xl spaced-top spaced-bottom"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">Banner hanging from the bridge claimed the victims&comma; had committed an April 24 car bombing outside a police station<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;header>&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-309652" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;03&sol;Nine-bodies-found-hanging-from-a-bridge-in-laredo-Mexico-1-300x199&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1001" height&equals;"664"><strong>Bodies of 23 people have been found hanging from a bridge or decapitated and dumped along the border city of Nuevo Laredo&comma; where drug cartels are fighting a bloody and escalating turf war&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>Authorities found nine of the victims&comma; five male and four women&comma; hanging from an overpass leading to a main highway&comma; said a Tamaulipas state on 04 May 2012&comma; said an official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to provide information on the case&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Hours later&comma; police found 14 human heads inside coolers outside city hall along with a threatening note&period; The 14 bodies were found in black plastic bags stashed in coolers inside a car abandoned near near the town hall&comma; just across the border from the U&period;S&period;&comma; the official said&period; The heads were were found<br &sol;>&NewLine;<iframe src&equals;"&sol;&sol;rcm-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;e&sol;cm&quest;o&equals;1&amp&semi;p&equals;12&amp&semi;l&equals;ur1&amp&semi;category&equals;amzn&lowbar;firetv&lowbar;decembertpr&amp&semi;banner&equals;1RGY50AZXV9P03PBXYR2&amp&semi;f&equals;ifr&amp&semi;lc&equals;pf4&amp&semi;linkID&equals;d2ce3432e3c9d5af3e2cb332142dd0cd&amp&semi;t&equals;konniemomen0a-20&amp&semi;tracking&lowbar;id&equals;konniemomen0a-20" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"250" scrolling&equals;"no" border&equals;"0" marginwidth&equals;"0" style&equals;"border&colon;none&semi;" frameborder&equals;"0"><&sol;iframe><br &sol;>&NewLine;Mexican authorities announced that the victims with signs of torture and were suspected members of Los Zetas drugs cartel<br &sol;>&NewLine;The four men and five women discovered dangling from the Colosio Bridge in Nuevo Laredo were handcuffed&comma; blindfolded and bore signs of torture&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;A banner hanging from the bridge claimed the victims — between the ages of 25 and 30 — had committed an April 24 car bombing outside a police station&comma; Mexican media reported&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Hours later&comma; the 14 headless bodies were found in black bags in a gray van parked near a trade association&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The heads were in three ice chests found three hours later&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Nuevo Laredo&comma; on the Texas border&comma; is the site of a vicious feud between the Zeta and Gulf cartels&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Last month&comma; another 14 bodies were found abandoned outside the mayor&&num;8217&semi;s office&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;More than 50&comma;000 people have been killed since the Mexican government began a crackdown on narco-trafficking in 2006&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;header>&NewLine;

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