**Mexican police have found at least 12 bodies dumped on a road in the western Michoacan state, which has become a flashpoint in Mexico’s war on drugs.**Officials say the victims were tortured before being shot. They were then left near the town of La Huacana.
Michoacan has been hit by a wave of drug-related killings in recent weeks after the government’s crackdown on drug cartels.
Last week, gunmen killed five people in attacks on the federal police.
They are believed to be revenge attacks after last Friday’s arrest of suspected drug boss Arnoldo Rueda - a senior member of the La Familia Michoacana drug cartel.