Mexico’s drug war: 7 men shot in head are left in plastic chairs as 14 killed across 2 states

The seven bodies were found on the side of a street in Michoacan. Meanwhile, three federal agents were among the seven others killed in the neighboring Mexican state of Guerrero.

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The bodies of seven men arranged in chairs are pictured in Uruapan in the Mexican state of Michoacan, on Saturday. The men were shot in the head with threat messages nailed to some of their chests using ice picks.

MORELIA, Mexico — Authorities say the bodies of seven men were found in plastic chairs placed along the side of a street in the drug-plagued Mexican state of Michoacan, while another seven people, including three federal agents, were killed in neighboring Guerrero.
Michoacan's Attorney General's Office said in a statement Saturday that the seven bodies had bullet wounds and had been placed individually in the sitting position in chairs near a traffic circle in the city of Uruapan. The office did not provide a motive for killings.

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An armed soldier stands guard next to communication radios displayed  at a military base in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on Friday. The army seized rifles, two grenade launchers, 345 cases of ammunitions of different calibres and 352 communication radios raiding a drug hitmen training camp.

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In Guerrero state, authorities said armed men opened fire in a bar in Ciudad Altamirano late Friday. Four civilians and three off-duty federal agents were killed.
Both states on Mexico's western coast have seen a surge of violence in recent years attributed to drug cartels.

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