The Mexican government charged 73 suspects in the killings of 183 people whose bodies were recovered during April in mass graves near the US border.The excavations in the border state of Tamaulipas shocked Mexicans around the country, who filed dozens of missing-person reports as the horrifying tale of the mass graves unfolded.Federal officials said most of the victims were Mexicans looking to migrate to the United States in March, but who instead were kidnapped off passenger buses and killed. TheGovernment has identified only 12 victims.Authorities blamed the Zetas gang, a vicious drug-trafficking organisation suspected of forcefully recruiting migrants to fight the formerly allied Gulf cartel.Those who refused are killed.
News On AIR | June 2, 2011 10:54 AM
Mexico charges 73 suspects in killings of 183 people