Two street clowns were found dead in southeastern Mexico along with messages allegedly from a **** gang accusing them of working as army informers, their families said Tuesday.
Another 15 people were reported ****** in the northern border state of Chihuahua overnight, including a woman who was ********, amid rampant **** ******** across Mexico which ****** more than 12,000 people last year alone.
The clowns were found in bright costumes and makeup on a roadside Sunday in the city of Villahermosa, bearing signs of ******* and a message accusing them of being army informers, their families said.
The Tabasco state attorney general's office said they were found with a message attributing the crime to the Zetas **** gang, which is known to be active in the area.
Police meanwhile found a female head wrapped in a jacket in a park in the Chihuahua town of Jimenez, in the most gruesome of 15 ******* uncovered overnight, the state attorney general's office said.
Eleven of the deaths occurred in the border city of Ciudad Juarez, across from El Paso, Texas, which has Mexico's highest ****** rate.
More than 30,000 people have been ****** in ******** related to the **** trade across Mexico since December 2006, when the government launched a major military offensive against organized crime.
