Four bodies found with ‘signs of torture’ next to blazing wreckage of tourist helicopter in Mexico
FOUR bodies with alleged signs of torture have been found next to the blazing wreckage of a tourist helicopter in Mexico, according to reports.
On Friday morning, the helicopter was reported on fire where four victims were found handcuffed with cardboard signs that had drug messages on them, .
In a statement, the State Attorney General's Office reported that the victims were found dead in Tamosopo, Mexico.
The helicopter landed on a property in the town of Agua Buena.
The vicitms were sent to the Legal Medical Service to find out the cause of their deaths.
The aircraft was not shot down and did not fall, "but presumably it was set on fire on the site," according to the attorney general of Mexico.
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The scene was blocked off by members of the Mexican Secretariat of National Defense (SEDENA).
Multiple organizations such as Mexican law enforcement, SEDENA, and the State Civil Guard are carrying out a search operation to find who may have perpetrated these hideous crimes.
Governor Ricardo Gallardo Cardona reassured the Mexican people after the incident:
"I can say that despite this, the month of June presented a reduction in homicides related to organized crime."
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He also mentioned that this type of murder was reduced by 20 percent compared to the month of May.
However, organized crime is still present in Mexico.
In early June, a brit living in Mexico was shopping with two friends at a Mexican supermarket in the Western city of Colima when all three were shot dead.
According to article, there has been an upsurge in violence in the area since a local drug gang switched allegiance to the powerful Sinaloa cartel.
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The article also shines light on the gruesome acts of some cartels, including forcing their members to eat their rivals after torturing them and cutting them up alive.
Investigations into the murder of the four victims and the helicopter fire are ongoing according to Mexician officals.