Mexican drugs gang dumps 35 bodies on road
Suspected drug traffickers drove two lorries to a main road and dumped 35 bodies as gunmen stood guard.
Motorists trapped at the scene during Tuesday's rush-hour sent Twitter warnings to avoid the area near a large shopping centre in the city of Boca del Rio.
The gruesome scene was a sharp escalation in drug violence in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz.
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