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6 human heads found in cooler on a road in Mexico’s Sonora

Mexico City | ByAssociated Press
Sep 15, 2018 04:32 PM IST

A Sonora official who was not authorised to be quoted by name says the grisly artifact was reported to an emergency number.

Police in the northern Mexico state of Sonora say six severed human heads have been found in a plastic cooler on a roadside.

Drug gangs often leave severed heads as a warning to rivals or authorities.(Reuters File Photo/Representative image)
Drug gangs often leave severed heads as a warning to rivals or authorities.(Reuters File Photo/Representative image)

A Sonora official who was not authorised to be quoted by name says the grisly artifact was reported to an emergency number.

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There was no immediate information on the identity of the men, nor were their bodies immediately found.

The heads were discovered Friday near the city of Ciudad Obregon.

Drug gangs often leave severed heads as a warning to rivals or authorities.

Until now, Sonora has not seen as much drug violence as other northern states.

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