Police find creepy makeshift morgue where 34 butchered bodies are wrapped in plastic and put in kitchen freezers at Mexican drug cartel hideouts
- Shocking images of the butchered remains show torsos piled high in freezers
- Six suspects were arrested and several people were freed from the building
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Police have discovered a gruesome makeshift morgue where 34 butchered bodies were wrapped in plastic in a Mexican drug cartel hideout.
Announcing the grim find, authorities said on Monday the bodies had been placed in chest freezers in the kitchen.
Shocking images of the butchered remains show plastic-wrapped torsos piled on top of each other at the property in Poza Rica, in the Mexican state of Veracruz – a region ravaged by drug violence.
Six suspects were detained, prosecutor Veronica Hernandez told reporters.
According to initial investigations, “unfortunately there could be more than 13 bodies,” she said, before more bodies were found.
Police have discovered a gruesome makeshift morgue where 34 butchered bodies had been wrapped in plastic (pictured) and placed in freezers at a Mexican drug cartel hideout.
Announcing the grim find, authorities said on Monday the bodies had been stuffed into chest freezers in the kitchen (pictured)
Police and soldiers discovered the cold rooms after storming a cartel-controlled home during a shootout with gang members in the early hours of Sunday.
Inside, they found 14 butchered torsos, and a search of a second property revealed another freezer room containing the remains of at least 20 victims in cold storage.
Some media reports say some prisoners – possibly awaiting execution – have been released alive by Mexican authorities.
That is understood Police had been chasing a suspect who was hiding in the building where three kidnap victims were being held, officials told AFP on condition of anonymity.
Shocking images of the butchered remains show plastic-wrapped torsos piled on top of each other at the property in Poza Rica, in the Mexican state of Veracruz – a region ravaged by drug violence. Pictured: The crime scene is seen in Poza Rica on Monday
Police then conducted operations in the area and found more remains in other locations, they said, seizing a vehicle, weapons and unspecified drugs.
Veracruz is one of Mexico’s most violent regions due to battles between rival gangs for control of lucrative drug trafficking routes into the United States.
The Latin American country has recorded more than 400,000 murders since launching a controversial military anti-drug offensive in 2006.
It has also recorded more than 110,000 disappearances since 1962, most of them attributed to criminal organizations.