Corpses turn up in Mexico

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Authorities in Mexico’s northern border state of Chihuahua have found 11 long-dead people in a mass grave and another eight who were apparently tortured and killed in recent days.

The state prosecutor’s office for missing people said 11 male bodies were found in Ejido Jesus Carranza, about 25 miles southeast of Ciudad Juarez. Officials said they apparently were buried two years ago, when the area was wracked with battles between drug gangs.

Officials said yesterday they also found eight bodies tossed along a road near Rosales. They had been shot in the head, some after being burned and beaten.