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Four skulls found in Mexican parcel bound for US

31 Dec 2022 05:31pm
The four skulls were found wrapped in aluminium foil and plastic inside a cardboard box at a courier located at Queretaro airport, some 200 kilometres north-west of Mexico City. Photo for illustrative purposes only - 123RF
The four skulls were found wrapped in aluminium foil and plastic inside a cardboard box at a courier located at Queretaro airport, some 200 kilometres north-west of Mexico City. Photo for illustrative purposes only - 123RF

MEXICO CITY - Mexican authorities said they intercepted a US-bound parcel containing what appeared to be four human skulls at an airport.

The Guardia Nacional said on Friday the four skulls were found wrapped in aluminium foil and plastic inside a cardboard box at a courier located at Queretaro airport, some 200 kilometres north-west of Mexico City, the German Press Agency (dpa) reported.

The remains came from the municipality of Apatzingan, in the west-central region of the Mexican state of Michoacan, and were addressed to the town of Manning in the US state of South Carolina, the Guardia Nacional said in a statement. The force said he parcel did not carry the appropriate permits to export human remains, adding that an investigation would be carried out. - BERNAMA

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