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ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Mexican authorities say soldiers have unearthed at least 17 bodies buried in several clandestine graves in the southern state of Guerrero and are searching for more.
Guerrero state investigative police director Fernando Monreal says soldiers found the bodies in the town of San Miguel Totolapan. The town is in a region known for marijuana and opium production and as a shipment route for cocaine.
Monreal says soldiers were looking for more bodies late Tuesday.
The Pacific coast state has seen a spike in violence since rival factions of the Beltran Leyva cartel began fighting over territory after leader Arturo Beltran Leyva died in a battle with Mexican marines in December 2009.''
NYT
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