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Thomas Graham in Mexico City

Twenty bodies discovered in Sinaloa as Mexican cartel violence surges

Burning vehicle and soldier
A cargo vehicle in flames after clashes between federal forces and armed groups in Culiacán in 2023. Photograph: Juan Carlos Cruz/EPA

Mexican authorities have found 20 bodies in the state of Sinaloa, a region gripped by a war between factions of the Sinaloa drug cartel that is reaching new heights of violence.

The state prosecutor’s office said on Monday that four of the victims had been decapitated and their bodies had been found hanging from a bridge on a main road near Culiacán, the state capital.

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