5 bodies found in Tijuana
From Times Wire Reports
Five youths were tortured, sprayed with bullets and dumped in an empty lot in Tijuana, where the army is battling a rise in killings by powerful drug cartels.
The handcuffed bodies were found a day after soldiers fought drug traffickers in a five-hour shootout in the city.
The gun battle killed a police officer and a suspected gang member.
“We think this is another message to discourage major blows to organized crime,” a spokesman for Baja California state’s security ministry said.
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