Fearsome Mexican gangs drop ice boxes packed with SEVERED HEADS outside government buildings as violence sweeps holiday hotspot Acapulco
Chilling threat latest in a string of gruesome acts of brutality in the region
MURDEROUS Mexican gangsters have dropped ice boxes containing SEVERED HEADS outside government buildings near the holiday resort of Acapulco.
The chilling threat from Los Jefes, or The Bosses, was targeted at "traitors" and "blackmailers" according to a warning note left near the boxes.
They were discovered in the city of Chilpancingo in the province of Guerrero early on Sunday morning.
Three headless bodies were later found nearby, with police still working to identify the victims.
It is the latest in a string of gruesome murders carried out by bloodthirsty Mexican gangs in the region popular with tourists.
Guerrero state, home to the famous pacific coast resort of Acapulco, is a bloody battleground for drugs gangs.
They are viciously warring over who has control of trafficking routes between South America and the US.
Gang clashes have led to the deaths of up to 100,000 people over recent years.
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The severed head threat is the most high-profile show of brutality since 43 students disappeared in Iguala, Guerrero in 2014.
Police opened fire on students protesting education reform on the orders of the town's mayor José Luis Abarca Velázquez,
It's thought those that survived were handed over to criminal gangsters in cahoots with local authorities and murdered.
Over 80 people have been arrested over an alleged role in the conspiracy -- half of which are police officers.
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