Police unearth 11 headless corpses in troubled southern Mexico

At least 10 decapitated bodies and 11 heads have been discovered in unmarked graves in violence-plagued Guerrero state in southern Mexico, authorities said. The hands and feet of the corpses had been tied and the victims had clearly been tortured, officials said Tuesday. Authorities found the badly decomposed bodies following an anonymous tip-off, a state police official said. The remains had been wrapped in black plastic bags. The mountainous region was last year the scene of armed clashes between rival drug trafficking groups who fought for control of the turf.

Obviously we’ve been following here in the United States some of the tragic events surrounding the students whose lives were lost. And president Pena Nieto was able to describe to me the reform programs that he’s initiated around these issues.

U.S. President Barack Obama, who is meeting with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto in Washington this week

Guerrero state, a poor region where marijuana and poppies are grown, came to global attention following the September disappearance and presumed massacre of 43 student teachers. That case, in which corrupt police are accused of handing the aspiring teachers over to hitmen from the Guerreros Unidos drug gang, has sparked nationwide outrage and caused a crisis for President Enrique Pena Nieto.

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