Mexico violence: Gang fight leaves pile of bodies

Officials found 19 bodies in and around a dumper truck abandoned in southern Chiapas state.

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The victims were all male, dressed in black and wearing tactical vests, as worn by members of Mexico's powerful criminal gangs.

Most of the bodies lay inside the back of the truck, with three more found on a dirt track nearby. All had bullet wounds.

Crime cartels have been infiltrating the region, which is criss-crossed by transit routes used by migrants on their trek north to the United States.

The criminal groups extort money from the migrants and also use the routes to smuggle guns, ammunition and drugs from neighbouring Guatemala into Mexico.

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