MEXICO CITY, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Mexican authorities are investigating the murder of five men, who were found decapitated early Friday outside the town of Juan Rodriguez Clara, in the eastern state of Veracruz, the state government announced.
Veracruz's prosecutor-general said the bodies were found in the community of Las Brisas, and that a team of investigators, forensic scientists and prosecutors was on the scene to gather clues into the multiple murder.
According to local media reports, residents found the bodies piled atop one another near a path connecting Las Brisas to Juan Rodriguez Clara.
The killers also stuck a piece of cardboard with a knife into the chest of one of the victims. It contained a warning message against a criminal group, the press reported.
Veracruz saw 488 murders in the first quarter of 2017 and is Mexico's fourth state with most murders, due to fights between criminal gangs to control drug territory, according to official data from the National System of Public Security.
