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Mexican Cops Find 5 Heads in Coolers

Ice boxes containing human heads were inscribed with threats, taunts

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 11, 2009 1:56 AM CDT

(Newser) – Police in central Mexico yesterday discovered five human heads in ice chests left by the side of a road, CNN reports. The heads—all male—had been severed only hours earlier, and the eyes of the victims were taped shut. The tops of the coolers... Read full story »

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