Forty-nine mutilated bodies have been found dumped on a roadside near the city of Monterrey in northern Mexico, BBC reported.

Security officials said the 43 men and six women had been decapitated and had their hands cut off, making identifying them difficult.

They blamed the killings on a conflict between rivaling drug gangs -- a note left with the bodies said they had been killed by the Zetas cartel.

The Zetas have been fighting the Gulf and Sinaloa cartels for the control of smuggling routes into the US.

(China.org.cn, CNTV May 15, 2012)

据英国广播公司报道，墨西哥警方在北部城市蒙特雷附近发现49具被肢解的尸体丢弃在路边。

警方称，43具男尸和6具女尸已被斩首并割去双手，难以辨认身份。

该事件与贩毒集团矛盾有关，尸体附着的便签称，他们是被塞塔集团杀害的。

塞塔集团曾与海湾及锡那罗亚集团争夺赴美走私路线。