Heads cut in drug war

FIVE human heads have been found on the hood of a taxi in the drug violence-plagued Mexican state of Veracruz.

Governor Miguel Angel Yunes attributed the killings to organised crime.

Local media reported that the bodies of the victims were in plastic bags found inside the vehicle along with a written message.

Parts of Veracruz are battlegrounds pitting the Zetas and Jalisco New Generation cartels.

In Mexico City, major newspaper El Universal said one of its editors was killed during a robbery.