MONTERREY, MEXICO (AP) -- Mexican authorities say they have unearthed 18 bodies at a clandestine grave site near the northern city of Monterrey.
Nuevo Leon state police said the site was found late Tuesday when shepherds came across two decomposing bodies near a dirt road in the town of Juarez, on the outskirts of the city of Monterrey.
A state police investigator said Wednesday that another 16 badly decomposed bodies were found underneath and were believed to have been buried there for at least a month.
He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the case.
Last month, police found two separate pits containing human remains in Juarez.
Last year, soldiers found 51 bodies buried at an isolated ranch in the same town.
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