11 bodies discovered in southern Mexico

Mexican authorities have found the bodies of 11 people in the southern state of Oaxaca that has been plagued by violence and land disputes.

The state’s prosecutor Joaquin Carrillo Ruiz said in a statement on Saturday that ten charred bodies were discovered inside a burnt-out truck near the town of Santiago Juxtlahuaca, situated about 150 kilometers (93 miles) west of state capital Oaxaca City.

Another corpse with a gunshot to the head was found a short distance away from the vehicle.

The statement said there were three minors among the victims, and that none of the bodies have been identified yet. It did not provide any motive for the killings.

In recent years, drug cartels operating in Mexico have committed numerous massacres, gunfights and kidnappings as they seek to control smuggling routes into the United States.

President Enrique Nieto, who took office in December last year, has pledged to get rid of gang violence that has claimed about 80,000 lives in Mexico since 2007. However, the steady stream of killings has continued unabated.

Official data show that every month since Nieto took office an additional 1,000 people have died in violence linked to drug cartels as the Mexican army is still fighting gangs across large parts of the country.

Earlier this year, Nieto admitted that organized criminal gangs have gained the upper hand in some parts of the country, including the states of Michoacan, Mexico and Guerrero, despite increased military troops in those areas.

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