Horror as 33 human SKULLS found buried in three shallow graves in Mexico
AT least 33 human skulls have been found buried in western Mexico, authorities said on Tuesday.
The Mexican authorities have found 33 human skulls in Nayarit state, thought to be linked to cartels
It marks the latest grisly find in a region that has suffered from increasing violence between warring drug cartels.
A government official in the Pacific state of Nayarit, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said: “So far 33 skulls have been found. All discovered in the same area."
It was not yet clear who the skulls belonged to or why they were buried in three shallow graves, the official said.
Investigations have been underway at the site in southern Nayarit since Saturday and further discoveries of human remains are possible, he said.
Violence has escalated over a power struggle between El Chapo's Sinaloa Cartel and a rival
Nayarit has been one of the states hit hardest by an increase in gang-related killings.
This helped push murders to a record high in Mexico in 2017.
Much of the killing stems from a power struggle between the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, a gang based in neighboring Jalisco state, and their rivals in the Sinaloa Cartel of captured kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.
US authorities arrested Nayarit's attorney general in San Diego last year on drug trafficking charges.