7 executed bodies found at Juarez school field

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico - Seven bodies were dumped before dawn Tuesday at a school soccer field in a leafy, upscale neighborhood in Juarez.

Neighbors found the bodies - beaten, choked, in some cases mutilated and then shot - lined up along the field's fence. Alongside were three banners allegedly signed by a Mexican drug gang with messages directed at a rival gang, police spokesman Jaime Torres said.

Hours after the bodies were removed, blood stained the curb, yellow police tape hung from the fence and classes continued at Colegio Sierra Madre, a private kindergarten-through-high school in a neighborhood of stucco homes, manicured lawns and palm trees.

Esta madrugada, los cuerpos de siete sujetos ejecutados fueron encontrados, uno al lado del otro, cerca de un plantel educativo de Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua; mientras que en otro sitio se localizó a dos hombres asesinados, informaron autoridades policiacas.