Bodies Found Central Mexico

Authorities aren't saying who they think is behind the killings but the area is a cartel battleground and the groups often leave such grisly remains behind when they fight for control of trafficking routes and markets. The mutilated bodies of 17 men were found on a farm in a part of central Mexico Sunday. This area is disputed by drug cartels. The identities of the slain weren't revealed, but the bodies were naked, mutilated and stacked with chains around their necks. They had been killed at another place and brought to that property.  They were found near a highway in the town of Tizapan el Alto near the border between Jalisco and Michoacan. Michoacan is home to the Familia Michoacana and Caballeros Templarios groups.  Jalisco has seen violence by the Zetas and Jalisco Nueva Generacion cartels. Signs were placed in various areas of Jalisco last week by the Caballeros Templarios which threatened the Zetas and Jalisco Nueva Generacion. Over 47,500 people have been killed in the drug violence since December 2006, some groups say the figures are higher.