TEMPO.CO, Mexico City - Sinaloa Authorities in Mexico have found 12 corpses dumped in the back of a pick-up truck on Monday, June 9, 2014. Violence in the region has been on the rise since drug kingpin Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman was captured earlier on February.
Sinaloa State Attorney General Marco Antonio Higuera said all of the victims were male and none have been identified. Three of the victims were wearing tactical vests "as if they were police", yet it was unclear if they were police or gang members.
According to Mexican government statistics, homicides in Sinaloa surged by 25 percent since Guzman was arrested. Mexico is generally known for drug-related killings, with 90,000 people killed since former President Felipe Calderon ordered the military to battle drug cartels in 2006.
ANINGTIAS JATMIKA | REUTERS