Car with ten bodies parked in front of government buildings in Mexico

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Spiral of violence
Car with ten bodies found outside government building in Mexico

In Mexico there is repeated violence between drug cartels and state security forces (symbol photo)

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A car with ten bodies was parked in front of the government palace of the state of Zacatecas in Mexico. Apparently it is a violent crime. In Mexico, there has been a spiral of violence between drug cartels and state security forces for years.

The dead were apparently beaten, Governor David Monreal said in a video on Facebook on Thursday. The car was parked early in the morning (local time) and the driver fled, he said from the central square of the capital of the central Mexican state, which is also called Zacatecas, which is still decorated for Christmas. The background was unclear. Violent drug gangs are active in Zacatecas.

Ongoing violence between drug cartels and security forces in Mexico

Mexico has been plagued by a spiral of violence between drug cartels and state security forces for around 15 years. Since then President Felipe Calderón began to fight the so-called drug war militarily at the end of 2006, around 350,000 people have fallen victim to it. Another 96,000 are considered to have disappeared.

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Today there are numerous powerful drug cartels and other criminal groups, often linked to corrupt politicians and security forces. Most of the crimes are never resolved. Last year, the number of murders in the North American country fell by a good four percent to 33,410 – according to preliminary figures presented by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Thursday. That’s around 92 murders a day.

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