The bound and gagged bodies of 26 men were found in the heart of Guadalajara, a sign that full-scale war between Mexican drug cartels may have come to the picturesque western city which hosted last month’s Pan American Games.

SUSPECTED drug traffickers dumped 35 bodies at rush hour beneath a busy overpass in the heart of a major city as gunmen pointed weapons at drivers.

A SURVIVOR has told police that 72 people found dead at a ranch near the Mexican border with Texas were migrants kidnapped by an armed group, a federal official has said.