Police found eleven bodies in an avocado plantation in western Mexico. Officials discovered the bodies covered with loose earth in three places near the city of Uruapan, the Michoacán State Attorney General said on Wednesday (local time). Two of the dead are women.
The state of decomposition of the corpses was well advanced, according to an official statement. At first, the cause of death was not clear. In this region of Michoacáns, around 400 kilometers from Mexico City, rival criminal gangs are fighting to control illegal businesses such as drug trafficking and protection racketeering of farmers and businessmen, including avocado cultivation.
Since 2006, when the then government declared the drug war, the number of homicides in Mexico has risen sharply. Almost 100 people are killed every day. More than 100,000 people are also listed as missing.
Source: Nachrichten
