Forty-nine mutilated bodies have been found dumped on a roadside near the city of Monterrey in northern Mexico, BBC reported.

Security officials said the 43 men and six women had been decapitated and had their hands cut off, making identifying them difficult.

They blamed the killings on a conflict between rivaling drug gangs -- a note left with the bodies said they had been killed by the Zetas cartel.

The Zetas have been fighting the Gulf and Sinaloa cartels for the control of smuggling routes into the US.

(China.org.cn, CNTV May 15, 2012)

據英國廣播公司報道，墨西哥警方在北部城市蒙特雷附近發現49具被肢解的尸體丟棄在路邊。

警方稱，43具男尸和6具女尸已被斬首并割去雙手，難以辨認身份。

該事件與販毒集團矛盾有關，尸體附著的便簽稱，他們是被塞塔集團殺害的。

塞塔集團曾與海灣及錫那羅亞集團爭奪赴美走私路線。