Mass graves in Mexico reveal new levels of savagery

Posted on April 24, 2011 • Filed under: Conflicts, Crime, Mexico

At the largest mass grave site ever found in Mexico, where 177 bodies have been pulled from deep pits, authorities have recovered few bullet casings and little evidence that the dead were killed with a gun.

Instead, most died of blunt force trauma to the head, and a sledge hammer found at the crime scene is believed to have been used in the executions, according to Mexican investigators and state officials. Read Article

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