By Mark Steveson—
The Associated Press
Residents of a Mexican town were stunned to see a dog running down the street with a human head in its mouth.
Authorities in the violence-ridden state of Zacatecas confirmed the incident, saying Thursday that police finally managed to remove the dog's head from its muzzle.
A law enforcement official who was not authorized to be quoted by name stated that the head and other body parts had been left in an ATM in the town of Monte Escobedo, in the center of the country, late on Sunday. Wednesday.
Image of the dog in the streets of Zacatecas with the human head.
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The human remains were left with a message that made reference to a drug cartel.
But before the police could act, a stray dog took the corpse's head away.
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A video posted on social media showed the dog jogging down a dark street, holding her head by the neck in its jaws, apparently intending to lead her to a safe place to eat her.
Zacatecas has been the scene of a bloody and protracted turf war between local gangs backed by the Sinaloa and Jalisco drug cartels.
Drug cartels in Mexico often leave notes next to piles of dismembered human remains, as a way to intimidate rivals or authorities.
According to the newspaper El Universal, the identity of the victim is not yet known, and the investigation was carried out by the Investigative Police and experts from the Zacatecas Attorney General's Office.
