Forensic scientists are working to identify the dead.

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The Mexican navy says it has captured the main suspect in the murder of 145 people in the state of Tamaulipas, the BBC reports.

Omar Martin Estrada is accused of being the local leader of the Zetas drug cartel in San Fernando, where the bodies were found. Most of the victims are thought to have been abducted from long-distance buses travelling north to the US border.

Estrada is also accused of being involved in the murder of 72 Central and South American migrants whose bodies were found in the same area last year.

The motive for the murders is unclear, but there is speculation the cartel gunmen may have killed men who refused to join their ranks. （点击英国广播公司网站查看原文）

墨西哥大屠杀嫌犯被捕

       据英国广播公司报道，涉嫌在塔毛利帕斯州杀害145人的主要犯罪嫌疑人日前已被墨西哥海军逮捕。

       这些受害人的尸体是在圣费尔南多发现的，而奥玛尔•马丁•埃斯特拉达被指正是当地贩毒集团“塞塔”的首领。据信，绝大多数受害者是在乘长途汽车向北去往美国边界时被劫持的。

       埃斯特拉达还被指控与去年发生在同一地点的一起屠杀有关，当时发现有72具中南美洲移民的尸体。

       目前，其大开杀戒的动机尚不明确，但有人猜测，持枪的贩毒分子之所以杀人可能是因为那些人拒绝与他们为伍。

(China.org.cn April 18, 2011)