Possible military bodies found in coastal town

MEXICO CITY (AP):

The Mexican navy said it has found bodies in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz that could include those of three marines and a naval cadet kidnapped by suspected drug-cartel gunmen earlier this month.

The navy said in a statement that objects belonging to the kidnapped servicemen were found in a raid on a warehouse last week, and that investigators later found the bodies in four pits on the outskirts of the state capital.

Yesterday's statement said the bodies are being examined to determine whether they belong to the servicemen, who went missing in the first week of August.

At the time, authorities said that a drug cartel was suspected in the abductions. The violent Zetas cartel is know to operate in the area.