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title: "72 bodies found in Northern Mexico"
description: "Mexican marines found the dumped bodies of 72 victims in Northern Mexico on Tuesday, after a shootout with armed men suspected to be linked to a drug cartel. One marine and three gunmen died in the battle. The bodies of 54 men and 14 women were found after a wounded men approached marines at a checkpoint, saying he had been attacked by gunmen at a nearby location. The drug-cartel dumping ground is the largest of its kind found since Mexico's President Felipe Calderon began a crackdown on drug trafficking in the country. Over 28,000 people have since been killed in drug-related violence. Read more: The AP, via the New York Times ."
type: "NewsArticle"
publisher: "Daily Maverick"
site: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za"
section: "Politics"
author: "Andy Rice"
author_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/author/andyrice/"
canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2010-08-25-72-bodies-found-in-northern-mexico/"
published: "2010-08-25T10:27:07"
updated: "2013-02-01T20:03:23"
lang: "en-ZA"
word_count: 1
---

# 72 bodies found in Northern Mexico

> Mexican marines found the dumped bodies of 72 victims in Northern Mexico on Tuesday, after a shootout with armed men suspected to be linked to a drug cartel. One marine and three gunmen died in the battle. The bodies of 54 men and 14 women were found after a wounded men approached marines at a checkpoint, saying he had been attacked by gunmen at a nearby location. The drug-cartel dumping ground is the largest of its kind found since Mexico's President Felipe Calderon began a crackdown on drug trafficking in the country. Over 28,000 people have since been killed in drug-related violence. Read more: The AP, via the [New York Times](http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/08/25/world/AP-LT-Drug-War-Mexico.html?_r=1&src=twt&twt=nytimes).

By Andy Rice · Published 25 August 2010, 12:27 SAST · Updated 1 February 2013, 22:03 SAST

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