Michoacán: Mass Killings Leave 7 Dead; Gunmen Publicly Show Off Their Manpower in Public With Video Release

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Two mass killings were reported in separate parts of Michoacan earlier this week. In Ciudad Hidalgo municipality, the bodies of three men and a women were dumped on a roadside close to a rural community known as Las Veronicas.

Authorities reported the finding at around 5:00 a.m. yesterday, when elements of the municipal police responded to an emergency call. Investigators say that the victims were brutally tortured and then taken to the site alive while handcuffed. According to the evidence found at the scene, the killers forced the victims to lay down before they were shot dead.

Like in most cases involving suspected drug-related killings, the victims were unidentified and sent to the local morgue in hopes that their family members may come forward to identify them.

In a separate incident in the municipality of Tangancicuaro, three people were decapitated and burned by their killers. Their bodies were abandoned in the rural community of Tenguecho. The first security force to arrive at the scene was the municipal police, with cordoned off the area.

Investigators noticed that the bodies were in an advanced state of decomposition, which suggested they may have been dead for since days prior. Their bodies were sent to the local morgue and have yet to be identified.

In the municipality of Los Reyes, cartel members recorded a video where they showed off their vehicles and armed men posted openly in one of the town’s entrances. None of the sources consulted by Borderland Beat indicated which criminal group was responsible for releasing this video.

Sources: Morelia Activa; El Sol de Zamora; El Sol de Morelia; La Balanza (1); (2); CBTelevision