Mexican authorities said Sunday they had found the bodies of five decapitated men on a road in western Jalisco state, the latest grisly find in the violence-plagued country.
The bodies were found in black plastic bags in the municipality of Ojuelos, in northeastern Jalisco, the state prosecutor’s office said.
“A report was received indicating that, on the asphalt strip of the road (…) there were several bags that looked like human silhouettes,” it said.
Upon arriving at the site, National Guard members found the headless bodies of five men, wearing only pants.
Nearby, they found another bag containing what appeared to be the heads of the victims, the prosecutor’s office said, adding that forensic scientists were combing the area for evidence.
The municipality of Ojuelos borders the city of Lagos de Moreno, which has been the scene of several grisly killings blamed on organized crime.