The dismembered bodies of 17 men were found Sunday on a farm in central Mexico, in an area disputed by violent drug cartels, officials said.
Jalisco state prosecutor Tomas Coronado Olmos said the bodies were dumped by a highway in the town of Tizapan el Alto near the border between Jalisco and Michoacan states. Authorities discovered the bodies while Mexicans celebrated Independence Day.
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| Earlier mayhem: Less than two weeks before the gruesome find on Sunday, the bodies of two men were discovered hanging from a bridge in San Luis Potosi
Mexico's drug cartels have regularly left behind such grisly remains as they battle for control of key trafficking routes and markets.
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On Friday, 16 bodies were found across Tamaulipas, a violence-plagued state on the Texas border, two days after the arrest there of one of the region's top drug bosses, Gulf Cartel head Eduardo Costilla Sanchez.
More than 47,000 people have been killed in Mexican drug violence since December 2006, when President Felipe Calderon launched a military offensive against the cartels.
Crackdown: Mexican marines present to the press the alleged member of Zetas drug cartel Eric Jovan Lozano Diaz and some money seized during his arrest in Mexico City in June
Bloody war: More than 55,000 people have died in drug-related violence in Mexico under the administration of Felipe Calderon
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