Mexican authorities find over 40 skulls at altar in den of suspected drug traffickers

Mexican authorities have found dozens of human skulls, bones and even a fetus in a glass jar next to an altar in the den of suspected drug traffickers. Prosecutors in Mexico City said 42 skulls, 40 jaw bones and 31 “long” bones — probably from arms or legs — were discovered last week at a property in the neighborhood of Tepito, were 31 people were arrested on suspicion of drug cartel activity.
A judge later ordered 27 of the suspects released.
DNA tests were being conducted on the bones to determined their identities and origins.
Four of the skulls were built into the altar, which appeared to be of an Afro-Caribbean religion, officials said.

A macabre photo distributed by the Mexico City attorney general’s office shows the skulls clustered around the altar, which has a cross behind it adorned with a horned wooden face mask.