COVID-19 Resources. Read more! Independent, award-winning newspaper based in Downey, CA. Williams Neri, 58, was born on August 16, 1965, in Ixtlahuacan De Los Membrillos, in the state of Jalisco, Mexico to Eleodoro Neri Neri and Maria Isabel Cervantes Constante. Williams entered into his eternal rest on December 29, 2023, in Downey, California. Williams is survived by his loving family: Wife, Martha J. Neri, 54, Sons, William B. Neri, 33, Williams Johnson Nehry, 31, and Dane L. Neri, 27, and Daughters, Bridgette P. Neri, 32, Elle J. Neri, 26, Sade O. Neri, 21, and Kathleen E. Nehry, 29. Williams will be greatly missed by everyone who knew and loved him. Williams memorial service will be open to the public and held on Saturday, January 20, 2024 from 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM at Risher Mortuary at 1316 West Whittier Blvd., Montebello, CA 90640. Copyright © 2023 The Downey Patriot Newspaper.  My NewsSign Out Sign InCreate your free profileSections news Alerts & World NewsForensic technicians handle bags containing human remains found in two abandoned vehicles near Guadalajara MEXICO CITY -- Police found the decapitated and dismembered bodies of 18 people near Mexico's second-largest city in what appeared to be the latest atrocity by the country's most brutal drug cartel Thought to have been carried out by the Zetas gang it was one of the biggest mass beheadings in the recent history of Mexico where decapitations have become alarmingly common The bodies and heads were stuffed into two vehicles abandoned on the side of a highway in the small town of Ixtlahuacan de los Membrillos Ixtlahuacan de los Membrillos is located 18 miles south of the center of Guadalajara on the road to Lake Chapala a site popular with foreign tourists and U.S Money, drugs, guns and gangs: Child actors shame Mexico Some of the bodies had been refrigerated before they were dumped A policeman at the scene in Ixtlahuacan said some victims had been so badly mutilated that officers could not determine whether they were male or female The officer said a note by the bodies was signed by the Zetas cartel a criminal militia led by former Mexican soldiers and blamed for some of the worst atrocities in Mexico's drug war Cross-border methamphetamine trade booms amid Mexico's 'war on drugs' "They are clearly messages between rival groups that are in conflict," Coronado told The Associated Press were towed to government offices to unload the bodies has been a strategic base for drug traffickers since the 1980s Violence has flared in the once-tranquil city as the Zetas moved in to challenge the smuggling turf of other gangs in western Mexico One killed every half hour in Mexico drug-related violence Soldiers arrested a high-ranking member of the powerful Sinaloa cartel in the city in March causing his supporters to block streets with 25 burning cars and trucks Attacks between the Zetas and their rivals have flared up across Mexico since the beginning of the year nine corpses were hanged from a bridge in the border city of Nuevo Laredo just hours before 14 bodies were dismembered and shoved into garbage bags and ice boxes Five days of intense battles in western Sinaloa state last week also left 34 dead adding to the body count in Mexico's drug war which has killed more than 50,000 people in the past five years Msnbc.com staff and Reuters contributed to this report More world news from msnbc.com and NBC News: Follow us on Twitter: @msnbc_world in what appeared to be the latest atrocity by the country's most brutal drug cartel.Thought to have been carried out by the Zetas gang where decapitations have become alarmingly common.The bodies and heads were stuffed into two vehicles abandoned on the side of a highway in the small town of Ixtlahuacan de los Membrillos chief prosecutor for the state of Jalisco.Some of the bodies had been refrigerated before they were dumped Coronado said.A policeman at the scene in Ixtlahuacan said some victims had been so badly mutilated that officers could not determine whether they were male or female.The officer said a note by the bodies was signed by the Zetas cartel a criminal militia led by former Mexican soldiers and blamed for some of the worst atrocities in Mexico's drug war.Guadalajara has been a strategic base for drug traffickers since the 1980s.Violence has flared in the once-tranquil city as the Zetas moved in to challenge the smuggling turf of other gangs in western Mexico.Soldiers arrested a high-ranking member of the powerful Sinaloa Cartel in the city in March causing his supporters to block streets with 25 burning cars and trucks.Ixtlahuacan de los Membrillos lies 18 miles south of the center of Guadalajara on the road to Lake Chapala a site popular with foreign tourists and American retirees.Attacks between the Zetas and their rivals have flared up across Mexico since the beginning of the year.On Friday nine corpses were hanged from a bridge in the border city of Nuevo Laredo just hours before 14 bodies were dismembered and shoved into garbage bags and ice boxes.Five days of intense battles in western Sinaloa state last week also left 34 dead adding to the body count in Mexico's drug war which has killed more than 50,000 people in the past five years.Additional reporting by Lizbeth Diaz; Editing by Todd Eastham and Christopher Wilson Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles., opens new tab , opens new tab Browse an unrivalled portfolio of real-time and historical market data and insights from worldwide sources and experts. , opens new tabScreen for heightened risk individual and entities globally to help uncover hidden risks in business relationships and human networks. © 2025 Reuters. 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