PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — State authorities are investigating the execution of three men after their bodies were found dumped near the Texas border along a highway known as “Riverine”.

Information obtained by Breitbart Texas revealed the bodies were found near Hidalgo, not far from the Coahuila/Monterrey border. The bodies sat near the 116-kilometer marker on the Guerrero-Hidalgo highway.

Crime Scene Investigators revealed that the three men had their hands and feet tied with tape and all were shot in the head execution style.

The three victims have not been identified; however, authorities found the bodies next to a poster board believed left behind by a drug cartel. Authorities did not disclose the contents of the message nor the identity of the group involved.

Editor’s Note: Breitbart Texas traveled to the Mexican States of Tamaulipas, Coahuila, and Nuevo León to recruit citizen journalists willing to risk their lives and expose the cartels silencing their communities. The writers would face certain death at the hands of the various cartels that operate in those areas including the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas if a pseudonym were not used. Breitbart Texas’ Cartel Chronicles are published in both English and in their original Spanish. This article was written by “J.M. Martinez” from Coahuila.