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By Chris Covert
Mexican Army units found at least 13 dead in the municipality of Ninares, Nuevo Leon Tuesday, according to Mexican news accounts.
The army patrol initially found the partially decayed corpse of an unidentified man on Kilometer 12 of the road to Linares. Four kilometers away more dead were found in a drain pipe.
A Proceso report posted on their website claimed the find was part of a dumping ground for the Los Zetas drug gang. The report also said one of the dead was a taxi driver allegedly working for Los Zetas as a lookout. The unidentified man was abducted December 24th in Montemorelos, Nuevo Leon December 24th.
The Proceso report also said a total of three gravesites were uncovered. Two bodies were found near the village of Lucio Blanco. The report also corroborated reports that eight total dead have been found so far.
Linares sits astride Mexico Federal Highway 85, and is the main route between Monterrey, Nuevo Leon and Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas. The area had in the recent past been a site for drug criminal activity, including Los Zetas.
Last spring, Mexican security forces fought crminal gangs in the area and dismantled a Los Zetas camp used to rest operatives.
To read the Rantburg report on the fighting in and near Linares, Nuevo Leon, click here, here and here (seventh item).