Mexico Honors Soldiers Beheaded By Drug Cartels

Soldiers stand by the coffins of six members of Mexico's Army during a funeral in Chilpancingo, Mexico, Monday, Dec. 22, 2008. Authorities found 12 decapitated bodies Sunday in and around Chilpancingo, seven of them identified as soldiers, marking the most gruesome attack yet against the Mexican army in its half-century battle against drug gangs. One of the seven soldiers was buried privately. (AP Photo/Claudio Cruz)

From Yahoo News/AP:

CHILPANCINGO, Mexico – The decapitated bodies of the soldiers lined a major boulevard, accompanied by a sign: "For every one of mine that you kill, I will kill 10." A bag of their heads, some still gagged with tape, was found nearby.

The discovery in Chilpancingo, an hour north of the resort of Acapulco in southern Mexico, marked the most gruesome attack yet against the Mexican army in its half-century battle against drug gangs.

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