Mexican cops find 33 skulls

AT LEAST 33 human skulls have been discovered buried in western Mexico, the latest grisly find in a region that has suffered from increasing violence between warring drug cartels.

“So far 33 skulls have been found. All discovered in the same area,” said a government official in the Pacific state of Nayarit, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Investigations have been underway at the site in southern Nayarit since Saturday and further discoveries of human remains are possible, he said.

Nayarit has been one of the states hit hardest by an increase in gang-related killings.