Overview
- Zacatecas authorities discovered seven corpses on the El Salvador dirt road in Villa de Cos over the weekend and detained four state Guardia Civil officers from San Luis Potosí at the scene.
- Officials in Zacatecas reported finding blood evidence in the officers’ unmarked vehicle, prompting a preliminary line of inquiry into whether the bodies were planted on Zacatecan territory.
- San Luis Potosí’s security chief rejected wrongdoing, saying the officers responded to a 911 call, with movement logs showing two response groups—one from Salinas and another from Villa de Ramos.
- The detained officers traveled in an unmarked but official vehicle provided under a loan agreement with the municipality of Salinas, according to San Luis Potosí authorities.
- San Luis Potosí presented video of the interception and says its security ministry is cooperating with Zacatecas’ state prosecutor, as the case unfolds amid a week that has seen 12 bodies found along the shared border.