At least 49 mutilated bodies were found on the side of a highway in Cadereyta, a city in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon, Federal Police spokesmen told Efe Sunday.

The bodies of the victims, six of whom are women, were dumped on the shoulder of the highway to Reynosa, a city in the neighboring state of Tamaulipas.

Some of the bodies were stuffed into black plastic trash bags while others were left uncovered.