Mexican police find 28 more bodies in border pits

MEXICAN investigators have found a total of 116 bodies in pits near the US border, 28 more than previously reported, Attorney General Marisela Morales revealed.

Ms Morales said 17 suspects tied to the brutal Zetas drug gang have been detained in relation to the killings in the northern state of Tamaulipas.

Some members of the gang have already confessed to abducting passengers from buses and killing them.