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Decapitated Heads 'Death Ritual'

02-Sep-2008
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11:58am UK, Tuesday September 02, 2008 The heads of 11 decapitated bodies found in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula may have been burned in a ritual, investigators have said. Stack of bodies found in Merida, Mexico Police said they found an altar to the skeletal figure of the Santa Muerte - an unofficial patron saint of death - in the home of two men arrested over the slayings. Officers also discovered several... [read full story]                    

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Yucatan beheadings are linked to drugs, 'Santa Muerte' cult

azstarnet.com 02-Sep-2008
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Officials Believe 11 Mexicans Beheaded in Death Ritual

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