15 people killed in Mexico carnival of violence

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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AFP) — Police said 15 people were killed Wednesday in northern Chihuahua state, including four men found dead in an empty lot in Ciudad Juarez, near the US border, where drug cartels are waging a bloody turf war.

The four victims had been shot to the head execution-style, and their bodies showed signs of torture, local police said.

Four suspected hitmen were killed in a shootout with police also in Ciudad Juarez, where another body of a 25-year-old man apparently tortured to death was afound late Wednesday, police added.

Also among the victims were two minors were found shot to death in Moris, in southeastern Chihuahua state, as well as two men, ages 21 and 24, killed outside their homes in Casas Grances.

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