AT LEAST 21 bodies have been found strewn in the streets just outside the western Mexican city of Morelia, and in every case the perpetrators left a warning note. The bodies, all males between the ages of 25 and 30, were found in different areas just outside the city limits of Morelia, in Michoacan state, state prosecutor Jesus Montejano told AFP.
Taking the unusual step of releasing the contents of the warning notes, Montejano said the message was: ''Because society asked for it, this is going to happen to those who continue to rob houses, kidnappers and rapists''.
Michoacan state is the base of the notorious drug cartel La Familia, or ''The Family''.
Mexico has seen an explosion in drug-related violence in recent years that has left about 37,000 people dead since the government launched a military crackdown on organised crime in 2006.
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