BOCA DEL RIO, Mexico -- Thirty-five bodies were found on Tuesday as state prosecutors and judges from across Mexico had been due to meet and talk about national security in the Mexican state of Veracruz. The bodies were dumped by masked gunmen on a busy street.
Police have identified seven of the victims so far, all of whom had criminal records and were linked to organized crime, Veracruz state Attorney General Reynaldo Escobar Perez told the AP. The Zetas drug cartel and other drug gangs have been fighting for control of the eastern state, which is many migrants travel through to go north.
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