Six decapitations amid wave of violence in Mexico

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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AFP) — Mexican police found six severed heads Friday, including four gruesomely left in coolers on a roadside, amid a wave of drug-related violence that has claimed hundreds of lives in recent months.

"We found four human heads in as many coolers ... and the remains have not yet been identified," said a statement from the office of the governor of Durango state.

The remains were discovered six kilometers (four miles) from the state capital of Durango, along the same road where a shootout on Tuesday left eight gunmen dead.

Next to the severed heads were "intimidating and threatening messages" aimed at the leaders of drug cartels, the statement said.

The violence that has gripped Mexico in recent weeks -- including the murders of...