17 bodies found in clandestine graves in Mexico

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Thu, 2011-03-03 00:29

Guerrero state investigative police director Fernando Monreal says soldiers found the bodies in the town of San Miguel Totolapan. The town is in a region known for marijuana and opium production and as a shipment route for cocaine.Monreal says soldiers were looking for more bodies late Tuesday.The Pacific coast state has seen a spike in violence since rival factions of the Beltran Leyva cartel began fighting over territory after leader Arturo Beltran Leyva died in a battle with Mexican marines in December 2009.

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