By Irenea Renuncio

On 13 May, a total of 49 mutilated bodies were found by the Mexican federal police along a highway in Cadereyta, a municipality bordering Monterrey, the industrial capital of Nuevo León state.

The mass murder has been attributed to the Zetas cartel, which has been fighting for the control of north-eastern border-states since it broke away from the Gulf cartel in 2010.

The turf war between the former allies left a record-high death toll in 2011, when a total of 1,750 drug-related murders took place in Nuevo León state alone. (more…)