A scattering of severed body parts was found near a state capital in Mexico, prompting questions of cartel involvement.
First, a human leg was observed hanging from a pedestrian bridge in Toluca on Wednesday. This led to a police investigation, and by the end of the day, authorities found scattered remains of at least two corpses in the surrounding areas of the city.
“The issue of crime brings us all together, and we all have to fight it,” said Toluca Mayor Raymundo MartÃnez Carbajal.
Handwritten notes accompanied several of the scattered body parts, attributing the killings to the Familia Michoacana cartel.
Toluca is the capital of the State of Mexico — not to be confused with the country in which it is incorporated. It neighbors the national capital of Mexico City.
An aerial view of Mexico City. (Frédéric Soltan/Corbis via Getty Images)
Under the pedestrian bridge, where the first leg was found, police discovered the trunk of the same corpse. More parts of the same body were discovered in another neighborhood.
A second dismembered corpse was found elsewhere in the city the same day, with more discovered inside a car parked in an industrial area.