Mexican Authorities Find Strange Holiday Package: 4 Skulls

Four human skulls wrapped in plastic and aluminum foil are detected by X-ray equipment during an inspection by the National Guard inside a package bound for the United States at a courier company located at the Queretaro Intercontinental airport, in Queretaro, Mexico, in this photo distributed on Dec. 30, 2022. Mexico's Guardia Nacional/Handout via Reuters

MEXICO CITY—Authorities in central Mexico said Friday they found a strange holiday-season package at a local airport: four human skulls being shipped to the United States.

Mexico’s National Guard said its officers were called to an airport in the city of Queretaro after an X-ray detected strange shapes in a cardboard box.