The nine students found dismembered near a Mexican highway had allegedly been invited down to the region to carry out a spate of petty crimes by a gang-leader friend — who later also showed up dead, according to a report.

Nine bodies, believed to have been missing students, were found dismembered on a highway in Mexico, according to local reports. The remains of four women and five men from Tlaxcala, Mexico were found on the evening of Sunday, March 2 in the municipality of San José Miahuatlán, state of Puebla, El Financiero reported on Tuesday, March 4.

Nine students who vanished while on vacation in Mexico were discovered dismembered along a highway, with a gruesome 'bag of hands' left nearby.

THE bodies of nine missing students have been found dismembered in Mexico – reportedly alongside a bag of severed hands. The grim discovery was made in an abandoned car in San Jose

Nine students who went missing on vacation in Mexico have been found dismembered by the side of the road along with a "bag of hands".

Nine students who were reported missing a week ago have been found dismembered after vanishing in a popular tourist hotspot in Mexico.

Authorities are still trying to find out how nine young people's remains ended up in and around a car on the side of a highway, where a bag of eight hands was also found

Nine bodies, including several who were dismembered and believed to be missing students allegedly vacationing in Mexico, were reportedly found along a highway.

Mexico student massacre leaves 9 dismembered bodies near a Puebla highway. The victims, aged 19 to 30, disappeared during a trip to Oaxaca. Their remains were found inside a car trunk and under a tarp,