Monique Ross
ABC Australia
May 9, 2012
A bloody war that has exploded between rival drug cartels in Mexico made international headlines this month after the gruesome discovery of 23 bodies in a border city.
Fourteen headless bodies were found in a car in the city of Nuevo Laredo, while another nine were found hanging from a bridge.
The conflict centres on the rivalry between the Gulf, Los Zetas and Sinaloa cartels, all of whom want to control the lucrative smuggling route between South America and the cities of the United States.
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