Mexico authorities attempt to identify 19 charred corpses found near US border

Authorities found the bodies late on Saturday in burning vehicles left beside a dirt road outside the town of Camargo

Mexican authorities are attempting to identify 19 charred corpses which were found near a town across the Rio Grande from Texas, in an area that has seen violent territorial disputes between organized crime groups in recent years.

Authorities found the bodies late on Saturday in two burning vehicles which had been left beside a dirt road outside the town of Camargo. All the victims had been shot, but shells were not found at the site, leading investigators to believe they were killed somewhere else.