[icheerthebull]

Nine dead bodies have been found hanging from a bridge over a road in the Mexican city of Nuevo Laredo, on the border with the US.

The five men and four women all showed signs of torture, officials said.

A message left with the bodies said they were members of the Gulf drugs cartel who had been killed by the rival Zetas gang.

Police said they believed the dead were members of a criminal gang, but could not confirm who was responsible.

Pictures showed the blood-stained bodies - some of them bound and gagged - hanged by the neck from the bridge over the main road from Nuevo Laredo to Monterrey.

Mexico's drugs cartels have long been engaged in bloody battles for control of smuggling routes into the US.

The killings are the latest in Tamaulipas state blamed on a feud between the Zetas and Gulf cartels.

Around 50,000 people have died in drug-related violence in Mexico since 2006, when President Felipe Calderon began deploying troops to fight the cartels.

Discontent over the bloodshed has boosted support for opposition parties ahead of July's presidential election.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-17964451

[Pelle]

Nice post!

What does the message say?

[Sharon]

Good God

[PlinyTheYounger]

Nice post

[ices]

A message left with the bodies said they were members of the Gulf drugs cartel who had been killed by the rival Zetas gang.

Police said they believed the dead were members of a criminal gang, but could not confirm who was responsible.

I should be in CSI:Mexico

[Faline]

Always brutal

[Vedderman]

And another shot.

[Gregore Mortis]

I saw the news on yahoo and came here asap. I knew you guys wont let me down. Thanks for sharing

[The Driver]

i like how they decorate the bridge with dead people

[TheJewishYeti]

Now that's an order to put in at Kinko's for a banner. Wonder if they get a discount for being frequent flyers