Mexico cops find 18 bodies in two days in nearby cities with nine corpses carrying chilling messages as cartel violence runs rampant

Nine corpses were abandoned on a street in the central Mexican state of Zacatecas, which has been plagued by an ongoing battle between rival criminal organizations.

The bodies of nine men were left lying next to each other in Morelos on Wednesday while another nine bodies were found in the city of Fresnillo, according to CBS News.

The Zacatecas State Attorney General's Office did not reveal the identities of the 18 victims.

'In the municipality of Morelos, Zacatecas, the report of the discovery of 9 lifeless bodies was attended to, which correspond to males,' the prosecutor's office said in a statement. 

'A corresponding investigation was immediately initiated, and actions and procedures were implemented in a coordinated manner with the aim of finding those responsible for said homicides.'

Nine bodies were found Wednesday dumped  on a street in Morelos, a municipality in the central Mexico state of Zacatecas that has been plagued by a turf war between the Sinaloa Cartel and Jalisco New Generation Cartel

Alleged members of the Sinaloa Cartel were seen on a surveillance video abandoning four of the nine bodies that were strewn across two main avenues in Fresnillo, a city in the central Mexico state of Zacatecas 

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The gruesome findings came a day after authorities discovered nine bodies across two main avenues in the Zacatecas town of Fresnillo, 29 miles north of Morelos.

Surveillance footage showed a group of men removing four bodies from a pickup truck and dumping them in the middle of the street before they took off.

The Sinaloa Cartel claimed responsibility for the killings by leaving behind messages  next to the corpses.

Five of the victims were identified and turned over to their families, according to the Zacatecas state prosecutor's office.

Mexican cops guard the scene were five bodies were left wrapped in blankets and covered with duct tape in Fresnillo on Tuesday. An additional four bodies were also dumped on another avenue in the city. Five of the nine victims were identified, according to the Zacatecas State Attorney General's Office

Mexican authorities direct traffic in Fresnillo, Zacatecas following the discovery of corpses that had been abandoned on a road

The recent rash of violence, according to authorities, may be linked to the arrest of 26 members of the Sinaloa Cartel over the weekend Sunday.

At least one of the suspects was identified as a minor from North Carolina.

Despite the killings, Governor David Monreal declared that he was pleased with security in the state while announcing the deployment of 1,000 National Guard and army troops in different points of Zacatecas.

At least 203 murders have been registered through the first quarter of 2024.  The state reported 979 homicides last year, a decrease of 357 in 2022 and a drop of 642 in 2021.

'We are doing well, we have already managed to advance Fresnillo in an important, transcendent way,' Monreal said. 

'After almost two decades, three six-year terms, since 2005, when an increase in violence began and, until the arrival of our mandate, began a downward reversal process.'