More mass graves unearthed in Mexico

[Jefferson23]

Eleven graves have been found in the Mexican village of Guerrero, after an anonymous tip-off led the army to the area.

Last Modified: 03 Jun 2011 22:53


Eleven mass graves have been found in the southern state of Coahuila, according to officials.

The Mexican army unearthed the graves in the village of Guerrero after an anonymous tip-off that led them to the area.

Friday's discovery comes as forensic experts continued to try and identify the remains of hundreds of people buried in mass graves in the north of the country.

The northern states are at the centre of a violent battle between rival drug gangs for control of lucrative smuggling routes to the United States.

Meanwhile on Friday, Mexican soldiers found a large buried cache of weapons apparently stockpiled by a drug cartel, including 154 rifles and shotguns and more than 92,000 rounds of ammunition.

The cache, found at a ranch near the industrial city of Monclova in the northern state of Coahuila, included four mortar shells, two rocket-propelled grenades, dozens of assault rifles, sniper rifles and two bows, the defence department said.

The seizure suggests that, despite efforts to crackdown on weapons trafficking in Mexico, drug cartels are still able to obtain enough weapons to keep stockpiles in reserve.



in full: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2011/06/20116322323281581.html

[Tuesday Afternoon]

1. recommend.

[aquart]

2. Those weapons? They get them through our ATF?

We were so very helpful about that.

[Jefferson23]

3. The two rocket-propelled grenades jumped off the page for me, incredible. n/t