Mexico City--Around a dozen bags containing three hacked-up bodies were found Monday scattered in two freight trains in Mexico City, authorities said.
The gruesome discovery was made in the Azcapotzalco borough in the north of the capital, which has been mostly spared by the sort of gangland-style violence that has afflicted the rest of the country.
Hiram Almeida, the capital's public security chief, said the trains came from the Pacific ports of Lazaro Cardena, Michoacan state, and Manzanillo, Colima state.
"We found around 12 bags in two trains," Almeida told Radio Formula.
He said city officials are in contact with Michoacan, Colima and federal authorities to investigate how the bodies ended up on board.
Michoacan is home to the Knights Templar drug cartel, which has used Lazaro Cardenas for its drug business, though the gang has been weakened by the capture of its leaders in the past year.
Colima is considered a bastion of the Jalisco New Generation drug cartel, a rising power in Mexico's underworld that brought down a military helicopter on May 1.
Mexico City authorities have repeatedly insisted that drug cartels do not operate in the capital, a metropolis of 20 million people.
AFP
