{"id":1040444,"date":"2021-11-21T13:44:10","date_gmt":"2021-11-21T18:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1040444"},"modified":"2021-11-21T13:44:15","modified_gmt":"2021-11-21T18:44:15","slug":"13-bodies-hung-from-overpass-in-mexican-state-plagued-by-cartel-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/13-bodies-hung-from-overpass-in-mexican-state-plagued-by-cartel-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"13 Bodies Hung from Overpass in Mexican State Plagued by Cartel Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F13-bodies-hung-from-overpass-in-mexican-state-plagued-by-cartel-violence%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1040444&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1edffa_mexican-federal-police-patrol-in-guadalajara-jalisco-state-canadian-killed.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Cartel gunmen hung the bodies of 13 men from two separate highway overpasses in the Mexican state of Zacatecas. The gory executions come as the state is seeing a record-setting number of murders as rival cartels fight for control of a series of highways that connect border states with the rest of Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>The discoveries took place this week in &nbsp;Zacatecas beginning on Monday in the town of Fresnillo. Gunmen hung three bodies from a bridge. The second case took place on Thursday in the town of Cuauht\u00e9moc, where gunmen hung ten bodies. According to Mexico\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.proceso.com.mx\/nacional\/estados\/2021\/11\/18\/zacatecas-10-cuerpos-son-colgados-en-el-puente-de-una-carretera-276040.html\">Proceso Magazine<\/a>, in the second case, only 9 bodies were hung, while the 10<sup>th<\/sup> was only thrown on the side of the road.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"8.9054441260745\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"es\">Esta ma\u00f1ana autoridades de <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Zacatecas?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Zacatecas<\/a> confirman el hallazgo de 10 cuerpos en <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CiudadCuautemoc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CiudadCuautemoc<\/a> en la carretera federal 45, colgados en un puente que conduce hacia el municipio de <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LuisMoya?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LuisMoya<\/a>. Elementos de la <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FiscaliaZac?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FiscaliaZac<\/a> realizan las investigaciones y trabajos de campo en la zona. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/elMXLw5iQ7\">pic.twitter.com\/elMXLw5iQ7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Halcon (@HalconOnce) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HalconOnce\/status\/1461407885301223427?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>In the aftermath of the second mass killing, the <a href=\"https:\/\/ssp.zacatecas.gob.mx\/instruye-mesa-de-construccion-de-paz-el-reforzamiento-de-la-presencia-policial-y-seguridad-en-la-zona-sur-de-zacatecas\/\">State of Zacatecas<\/a> released a brief statement only acknowledging \u201can atrocious act\u201d and revealing that all 10 victims were males of various ages. On that day, Zacatecas reported 20 murders in a 24-hour period, including the 10 victims from the overpass. So far in November, the state has seen 126 murders,&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elsoldemexico.com.mx\/republica\/justicia\/con-20-homicidios-zacatecas-supera-cifras-del-snsp-7497072.html\">El Sol de Mexico<\/a> reported. &nbsp;So far in 2021, Zacatecas has had 35 police officers killed in shootouts and from cartel attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the violence in Zacatecas is linked to two main turf wars with the Sinaloa Cartel and Cartel Jalisco New Generation and a second turf war between factions of the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas waging the second one over control of various highways in the state.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ildefonso Ortiz is an award-winning journalist with Breitbart Texas. He co-founded Breitbart Texas\u2019 Cartel Chronicles project with Brandon Darby&nbsp;and senior Breitbart management.&nbsp;You can follow him on&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IldefonsoOrtiz\"><em>Twitter<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;and on&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Ildefonso-Ortiz\/731511040246659\"><em>Facebook<\/em><\/a><em>. He can be contacted at&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#e0a98f9294899aa0829285899482819294ce838f8d\"><em><span class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"135a7c61677a69537161767a67717261673d707c7e\">[email&nbsp;protected]<\/span><\/em><\/a><em>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Brandon Darby is the managing director and editor-in-chief of Breitbart Texas. He co-founded Breitbart Texas\u2019 Cartel Chronicles project with Ildefonso Ortiz and senior Breitbart management. Follow him on&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brandondarby?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\"><em>Twitter&nbsp;<\/em><\/a><em>and&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/brandonmichaeldarby\"><em>Facebook<\/em><\/a><em>. He can be contacted at&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#6507010417071c250717000c11070417114b060a08\"><em><span class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"83e1e7e2f1e1fac3e1f1e6eaf7e1e2f1f7ade0ecee\">[email&nbsp;protected]<\/span><\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cartel gunmen hung the bodies of 13 men from two separate highway overpasses in the Mexican state of Zacatecas. 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