US EditionSix Human Heads Found on a Highway in Central Mexico
Authorities link the discovery to disputes between fuel-theft gangs in Puebla and Tlaxcala, with forensic experts investigating the severed heads found on a rural road.
- On Aug. 19, drivers discovered six severed heads on the Atotonilco-San Gabriel Popocatla road linking Puebla and Tlaxcala, the Tlaxcala State Attorney General's Office announced, confirming an investigation.
- Local media reported a pamphlet at the scene blamed disputes between fuel-theft gangs, while the Puebla and Tlaxcala region hosts gangs in drugs and fuel, with bodies found in recent months.
- Police officers and Institute of Forensic Sciences experts responded to investigate the male remains, while Tlaxcala prosecutors said victims' identities are not released as of Aug. 20.
- The discovery follows last week's extradition of 26 senior cartel figures to the United States, amid Mexico's 480,000 drug-related deaths and 130,000 missing persons toll.
- The incident resembles earlier violence in Guanajuato, where prosecutors investigate the motive behind 12 tortured bodies found across five Salamanca locations in October 2024.
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Six severed human heads were found on Tuesday in Tlaxcala, a state not normally associated with cartel violence. The Tlaxcala Attorney General’s Office (FGJ) said in a statement that it launched an investigation following the discovery of the six male heads, which were found on a highway in the municipality of Ixtacuixtla de Mariano Matamoros. The FJG said that police and forensic investigators traveled to the location where the heads were found…
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