12 decapitated bodies were found Thursday on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula

12 decapitated bodies found in Mexico
12 decapitated bodies found in Mexico
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The heads themselves have not been found, a local official said

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(CNN) -- Twelve decapitated bodies were found Thursday on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, a local official said.


Forensic personnel analyze bodies found in a suburb of Merida, capital of Yucatan state.

Eleven of the bodies were found in Chichi Suarez, and the 12th in Buctzotz, a source with the Yucatan state government told CNN.
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