6 severed heads found by side of the road along with chilling message in one of Mexico’s safest regions

Six severed heads have been found by the side of the road in Mexico alongside a chilling message in an area where such brutal violence is rare, Mexican prosecutors said.

The male remains were discovered by a road linking the central Mexican states of Puebla and Tlaxcala, prosecutors said on Tuesday.

Alongside the heads was a pamphlet blaming the savage killings on the settling of scores between rival gangs, the prosecutor’s office said in a statement.

“The State Attorney General’s Office (FGJE) has initiated an investigation into the discovery of six male head limbs near the states of Puebla and Tlaxcala,” the office said as they announced an inquiry into the murders.

“The State Attorney General’s Office will continue the relevant investigations to clarify what happened and hold accountable whoever is found responsible,” the statement concluded.

Both Puebla and Tlaxcala are usually considered among the safest states in Mexico to visit, the US State Department designating them a Level 2 travel advisory, the second-lowest warning.

Tlaxcala accounts for just 0.5% of the 14,769 intentional homicides recorded in Mexico this year so far, while Puebla accounts for 3.4%, according to official figures.

However, the State Department notes that both states face issues with criminal gangs who move drugs, fuel and humans through central Mexico.

Extreme violence — including decapitation — is usually concentrated around northern and western states along the Pacific coast.

In June, 20 bodies, five of them headless, were discovered under a bridge along a road in northwest Sinaloa.

However, there have been more gruesome crimes in southern Mexico in recent months.

In March, the dismembered bodies of nine missing students were found by the side of a highway on the border of Puebla and Oaxaca.

A bag of hands belonging to the students was discovered nearby.