Fears over Mexican drugs war as 26 bodies found

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.

The state prosecutor’s office said the men were found before dawn yesterday in two vans and a pick-up truck abandoned near the Millennium Arches, one of the most recognisable landmarks in Mexico’s second-largest city.