Mexican authorities are investigating the details behind an SUV with seven severed heads abandoned outside a church in Chilpancingo last weekend.

Guerrero police responded to the call A truck was found with five heads in the trunk, and the rest of the bodies were scattered in the car or on the pavement, according to reports. Univision. Most of the victims are believed to be family members who have been missing since June 9. According to the border report. Messages found at the scene allegedly threatened local state officials, including one apparently addressed to Mayor Norma Martinez, Fox 8 reports. report.of handwritten message They also reportedly threatened an alleged leader of a local criminal group, Border Report said. (Related: Priest shot dead near US border in Mexico, tourist kidnapped)

Police have not released the details of the victim. 4 of the victims A couple, a son and a young woman are believed to be members of a family who were abducted during a drive to the popular tourist destination of Acapulco in early June, according to Border Report.

Authorities are investigating who killed and mutilated seven people last weekend and left an SUV with severed heads in front of a church. https://t.co/6X2BV3hWZ5

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Guerrero Attorney General’s Office issued a statement said.[e]Evidence was found at the scene and contains relevant information that will be analyzed and used in the investigation,” it said. reported.

Security analysts frequently point to Guerrero as a battlefield between the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) and Familia Michoacana, according to Border Report. The Daily Caller has previously reported that a mass grave containing 113 bodies found in Jalisco in 2020 and a mass murder in 2021 at another CJNG battlefield, along with a number of other accusations attributed to the Jalisco New Generation reported on the mass murder of