<p class="title">Mexican authorities say nine men have been found murdered in the back of a small cargo truck in the southern state of Guerrero.</p>.<p class="bodytext">State prosecutors say in a statement that the men were apparently kidnapped Thursday and reported missing the following night.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The truck was discovered Saturday morning along with a highway between the state capital, Chilpancingo, and the city of Tixtla.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It was registered to one of the victims.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Prosecutors say the men lived in Tixtla and Chilpancingo and used the vehicle to sell possibly ill-gotten food products.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Guerrero has one of the highest homicide rates of Mexico's 31 states plus the capital district.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It is home to opium poppy plantations and splintered gangs at war with each other for control of the drug trade and extortion rackets.</p>
<p class="title">Mexican authorities say nine men have been found murdered in the back of a small cargo truck in the southern state of Guerrero.</p>.<p class="bodytext">State prosecutors say in a statement that the men were apparently kidnapped Thursday and reported missing the following night.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The truck was discovered Saturday morning along with a highway between the state capital, Chilpancingo, and the city of Tixtla.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It was registered to one of the victims.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Prosecutors say the men lived in Tixtla and Chilpancingo and used the vehicle to sell possibly ill-gotten food products.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Guerrero has one of the highest homicide rates of Mexico's 31 states plus the capital district.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It is home to opium poppy plantations and splintered gangs at war with each other for control of the drug trade and extortion rackets.</p>