13 Killed, 14 Decapitated in Hours in Acapulco

This won't exactly help tourism: Acapulco, once known more for its white sand than its white powder, began its weekend with 27 drug cartel-related murders in a matter of hours. Police found 14 decapitated men, along with a 15th corpse, in a shopping center alongside handwritten warnings from a Sinaloa cartel, reports the AP.

Six more bodies were found shot and stuffed into a taxi; four others were found elsewhere in the city, and two cops were gunned down—the only casualties to occur in a tourist-heavy area. Armed men also stormed a police station, wounding two more cops. "We are coordinating with federal forces and local police to reinforce security in Acapulco," said a Guerrero state cop. (More Mexican drug war stories.)