“With a weekend death toll of more than 30 victims, including 15 who were found decapitated, the Mexican resort city of Acapulco is facing its most gruesome levels of drug-related violence since the start of the drug war in 2006. Authorities in Guerrero state, where Acapulco is located, said that in all 31 people died violently in or around the city on Saturday and Sunday (link in Spanish).
Reports said decapitated bodies were found with messages indicating that the killings were ordered by Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán, leader of the powerful Sinaloa cartel and Mexico’s most-wanted man.”
