Gunmen have shot dead three men and burned their bodies to warn off rivals in an escalating drug war on Mexico's U.S. border that has claimed 16 victims this month, according to Reuters.
Firemen found the bodies of the three men late on Thursday in (...)
The first victim of the day was bound with duct tape, tortured and shot once in the back of the head. His body was then stuffed in the trunk of a Buick Century, doused with gasoline and set ablaze, reported Reuters.
A second was found burned beyond (...)
The United States is closing temporarily its consulate in this lawless Mexican border city after rival drug gangs clashed with bazookas, hand grenades and heavy machine-gun fire.
"A violent battle involving unusually advanced weaponry took place (...)
