The bodies were found in searches over the weekend in which police looked in wooded lots and even sinkhole ponds known as cenotes
Montes de Oca said five of the bodies were found at a building site that had apparently been abandoned. The bodies had been dumped there between one week and two months ago; three have been identified as people reported missing previously.
The bodies were found in a poor neighborhood about 10 miles from Cancun's beach and hotel zone, but relatively closer to the resort's airport.Volunteer searchers, including the relatives of missing people, and specially trained dogs also participated with investigators in the searches. Earlier this month, four men in Cancun were killed in a dispute related to drug gang rivalries. The dead men were found in the city’s hotel zone near the beach.
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