The Guerrero mass graves was a multihomicide of more than 55 people found in June 2010 in
Taxco, Guerrero
Taxco de Alarcón (; usually referred to as simply Taxco) is a small city and administrative center of Taxco de Alarcón Municipality located in the Mexican state of Guerrero. Taxco is located in the north-central part of the state, from the cit ...
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Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
. Officials of the state of Guerrero speculate that the mass graves where the bodies were found may hold up to 100 corpses.
The mass murder was reportedly carried out by members of the Mexican drug cartels that operate in the state.
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List of massacres in Mexico
Massacres
See also
* Human rights in Mexico
References
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Massacres
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish language, Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a List of sovereign states, country in the sout ...
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Mexican Drug War
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2011 San Fernando massacre
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2011 Durango Massacres
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Coahuila mass graves
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Massacres in Mexico
Organized crime events in Mexico
Mass murder in 2010
Battles of the Mexican drug war
Guerrero
2010 murders in Mexico
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