ACAPULCO, Mexico — Investigators searching clandestine graves have found 32 bodies and nine human heads in a municipality in southern Mexico where rival drug gangs have been engaged in a wave of extortion, kidnappings and turf battles, authorities said Thursday. They said they rescued a kidnap victim and discovered 12 bodies and human remains in coolers. On Thursday, officials announced that further excavations of the site had found a total of 32 bodies and nine human heads. Roberto Alvarez Heredia, spokesman for the Guerrero Coordinating Group, said soldiers were combing the area to see if there were any more clandestine graves. If that rate continues unabated, Guerrero would be on track to have a homicide rate of about 60 per 100,000.

Source: Washington Post November 25, 2016 04:41 UTC