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At least 19 bodies were discovered on Monday in an abandoned truck in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, near the border with Guatemala, according to the state’s attorney general.
Five of the bodies had gunshot wounds and all were wearing dark clothing and tactical vests containing ammunition, authorities said.
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador attributed the deaths to cartel violence and said some of the victims were migrants from Guatemala.
“What causes this? Well, drug trafficking and the trafficking of migrants, meaning human trafficking, it’s a route,” Lopez Obrador said Tuesday during his daily press conference.
“There are two groups (cartels) fighting … the people of the area are being protected,” he added.
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