Eight People Found with Throats Slit in Southern Mexico

VERACRUZ, Mexico – The bodies of eight people were found with their throats slit inside a vehicle in the violence-racked southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, local authorities told EFE, noting that a threatening message was found at the crime scene.

The bodies of the males aged 17-20 were found Friday afternoon inside a gray Honda SUV with a Mexico City license plate in Cosolapa, a rural municipality located in northern Oaxaca.

A “narco-message” was found alongside the victims with a threat directed at the Los Zetas drug cartel.

Agents with Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office arrived at the scene to remove the bodies of the slain individuals, who are believed to have been residents of a highland area of the neighboring state of Veracruz.