Eight bodies stuffed in trash bags found in Mexico

September 12th, 2009 5 bodies found dumped in landfill near AcapulcoACAPULCO, Mexico — Police have found the bodies of five men dumped in a landfill near the Mexican resort city of Acapulco. The Guerrero state Public Safety Department says the men had been shot to death and police officers found a note with the bodies signed "The boss of bosses." A statement issued Saturday by the department says investigators also found at least 50 bullet casings and duct tape at the scene.

September 9th, 2009 Body with severed arms in Mexico ID'd as Texas manEL PASO, Texas — A body found with its severed arms crossed and placed on its chest in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, was identified by authorities Wednesday as a Texas man kidnapped from his home. Sergio Saucedo, 30, was kidnapped from his Horizon City house outside El Paso last Thursday.

September 9th, 2009 Mexico City limits love affair with plastic bagMEXICO CITY — Teenagers use them to sneak beer into concerts. Morning commuters sip juice from them.

August 20th, 2009 Mexican state lawmaker killedACAPULCO, Mexico — Gunmen have killed the presiding lawmaker of the state legislature in a drug-plagued Mexican state. Guerrero state's public safety department says the body of leftist congressman Armando Chavarria was found early Thursday in the passenger seat of a vehicle in the state capital of Chilpancingo.

July 27th, 2009 Missing toddler, baby found crying in OH trash canDAYTON, Ohio — Police in Dayton, Ohio say a 2-year-old girl and 8-month-old boy have been found crying inside a large trash bin, about 13 hours after their mother reported them missing. She told police her boyfriend fled with them after a fight.

July 21st, 2009 3 bodies, 1 headless, found in ditch in MexicoCIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Three bodies, one of them headless, were found floating in an irrigation ditch Tuesday in a northern Mexican border city where drug violence has spiked despite the presence of thousands of soldiers. Firefighters fished the bodies from the ditch in Ciudad Juarez, a city across the border from El Paso, Texas.

July 19th, 2009 Mexico detains 10 in killings of federal agentsMEXICO CITY — Mexican investigators have detained 10 police officers in the torture and killings of 12 federal agents whose bodies were found dumped along a highway in western Michoacan state. The federal Attorney General's Office says a judge ordered the officers from the town of Arteaga held pending an investigation on suspicion of involvement in the slayings.

July 9th, 2009 Mexican police find 4 mutilated bodies in bagsMORELIA, Mexico — Police in western Mexico found four mutilated bodies in plastic bags on the side of a highway Thursday. The officials found the bodies in the town of La Huacana after receiving reports of plastic bags leaking blood, according to a statement from prosecutors in the state of Michoacan, where the town is located.

June 18th, 2009 Mexico: almost 1 ton of cocaine found in sharksMEXICO CITY — Mexico says it found nearly one ton of cocaine hidden inside frozen shark carcasses. Prosecutors says hundreds of packages stuffed in the bellies of dozens of dead sharks seized in the Gulf port of Progreso contained 1,965 pounds (893 kilograms) of cocaine.

June 17th, 2009 7 men beaten, shot to death in northern MexicoMEXICO CITY — Police have found the bodies of seven young men who were beaten or shot to death in the state of Durango in northern Mexico. At least three of the bodies had bullet wounds.

June 2nd, 2009 Bodies of 3 brothers found in lake in HoustonHOUSTON — Investigators say three young brothers whose bodies were found in Lake Houston apparently drowned during a fishing trip. The three — 14, 16 and 21 years old — went to the lake about 7 a.m.

May 19th, 2009 MEXICO CITY - The police have found severed heads of three men inside a cooler on a roadside in southern Mexico. The grisly find was made near a tollbooth in the Union de Isidoro Montes de Oca city, the Guerrero state Public Safety Secretariat said in a statement Monday.

May 4th, 2009 Police find 11 bodies dumped in southern MexicoACAPULCO, Mexico — Police say they found 11 bodies dumped around a southern Mexican state, including seven wrapped in plastic bags and thrown off a bridge. Guerrero state police say the bodies of five men and two women were found in a river between the Pacific resort town of Acapulco and the city of Cuernavaca.

May 1st, 2009 MEXICO CITY - Souvenir hunters hoping for a memento of the flu outbreak now riveting global attention can find one on the internet: a Mexican vendor is selling an epidemic mascot, a small, stuffed toy dubbed Achufy! 'Grab this original blue stuffed toy as a souvenir of the epidemic of 2009,' the advertisement urges, encouraging buyers to 'show it off among your friends and tell your grandchildren of this experience that is unique in history'. On the online auction and shopping website Mercado Libre, one sceptical shopper asked: 'Is the influenza virus included in the price?' The stuffed toy, similar to Puffles of the children's website Club Penguin, sells for $24.50.

March 3rd, 2009 GHAZIABAD - The semi-naked bodies of a man and woman were found about a kilometre from each other on the Delhi-Loni road here. The police suspect that both were in an illicit relationship and were murdered for it.