The National Guard found five decapitated bodies along a rural stretch of federal Highway 80 in the western state of Jalisco on Sunday morning after motorists alerted officials about “several bags that looked like human silhouettes,” the state prosecutor’s office reported
The bodies of the five men were discovered on the side of the San Luis Potosí-San Juan de los Lagos highway
local officers found another plastic bag containing the victims’ heads
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the unidentified victims were transported to the coroner’s office for autopsies
No additional information had been made available as of Monday afternoon
The decapitated bodies were found in the northeasternmost municipality of Ojuelos de Jalisco
which borders the state of Zacatecas to the north
and the municipality of Lagos de Moreno to the south
The Jalisco highlands have been a hotbed of criminal activity in recent years
The news agency Infobae reported that the region is the base of operations for the Grupo Élite Delictivo de Reacción Inmediata (Rapid Reaction Elite Criminal Group
an armed faction of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG)
GEDDRI’s objective, according to Infobae, is to stave off advances from the rival <a href="https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/culiacan-sinaloa-cartel-bodies/">Sinaloa Cartel</a>
The newspaper La Jornada reported that there was a shootout between the National Guard and armed civilians on Saturday afternoon in Lagos de Moreno
during which the gunmen set six vehicles on fire
Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro said two arrests were made and firemen were able to put out the flames and clear away the wreckage a few hours later
In June, state officials increased the presence of local and federal security agents in northeastern Jalisco <a href="https://jalisco.quadratin.com.mx/principal/muere-investigador-de-la-fiscalia-de-jalisco-en-enfrentamiento/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">after a clash with armed civilians</a> in Lagos de Moreno left one state prosecutor dead
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The decapitated bodies of five men have been found on a road in central Mexico
in an area controlled by the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel
Police were called to a road near the town of Ojuelos
after plastic bags containing the remains were spotted by drivers
even as forensic experts have been trying to identify the victims
The brutality of the murders and the disposal of the bodies in a public place are clear indications of drug cartel involvement and in Jalisco this year
official figures show that one thousand four hundred and fifteen people were murdered between January and September