35 BODIES DUMP BY GUNMEN IN MEXICAN CITY AVENUE

Police and members of a forensic team stand around 35 bodies dump in Boca del Rio, on the outskirts of Veracruz

MEXICO CITY, Mexico - Suspected drug traffickers drove two trucks to a main avenue in a city on the Gulf of Mexico coast and simply dumped 35 dead bodies during rush hour while gunmen stood guard and pointed their weapons at frightened motorists.
Veracruz state Attorney-General Reynaldo Escobar Perez said the bodies were left piled in two trucks and on the ground at an underpass near the city's biggest shopping mall and its statue of the Voladores de Papantla a ritual dancers from Veracruz state.

• Police had identified seven of the victims so far and all had criminal records for murder, drug dealing, kidnapping and extortion and were linked to organised crime, Escobar said. He didn't say to what group the victims belonged.
• Motorists caught in the horrifying scene on Tuesday afternoon posted warnings on Twitter that masked gunmen in military uniforms were blocking Manuel Avila Camacho Boulevard and pointing their guns at civilians.

The gruesome scene on Tuesday in the downtown area of Boca del Rio was the latest escalation in drug violence in Veracruz state, which sits on an important route for drugs and Central American migrants heading north.

The Zetas drug cartel has been locked in a bloody war with drug gangs for control of the state.

Source: AP