TIJUANA, Mexico — Police found a body in flames dumped along a main thoroughfare on the outskirts of this violent northern border city, authorities said Tuesday.
The victim was found late Monday with his head wrapped in packing tape, a common practice used by drug smugglers against rivals, a city police report said.
Officials were still trying to identify the corpse Tuesday.
The Baja California state prosecutor’s office, meanwhile, said it had identified the remains of three young men found last week in Tecate, just outside Tijuana. In one case, only the skull and upper-body bones of a 25-year-old man were found.
Mexico’s drug violence has claimed more than 10,700 lives since 2006 when President Felipe Calderon launched his anti-drug campaign, sending more than 45,000 troops to drug hotspots.
