Bodies Found Hanging From Bridge in Mexico, Gang Violence Blamed

A member of the Federal Police stands guard at a checkpoint in the border city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas state, Mexico, on April 6, 2018. Julio Cesar Aguilar/AFP via Getty Images

MEXICO CITY—The bodies of 10 people were found in the central Mexican state of Zacatecas on Thursday, nine of them hanging from a bridge, in apparent gang-related killings, according to local officials.

The tenth body was found on a nearby highway, according to an official from the state ministry of public security who declined to be named. The corpses were found in the area of Cuauhtemoc municipality, the state government said in a statement.