Cops find grisly makeshift morgue where 34 butchered bodies are wrapped in plastic and stuffed into kitchen chest freezers at Mexican drug cartel hideouts

• Shocking images of the butchered remains show torsos piled high in freezers
• Six suspects were detained, and some people were freed from the property 
• ***WARNING – GRAPHIC CONTENT*** 

Police have discovered a grisly makeshift morgue where 34 butchered bodies were wrapped in plastic inside a Mexican drug cartel hideout.

Announcing the grim find, authorities said on Monday that the bodies had been stuffed into kitchen chest freezers.

Shocking images of the butchered remains show torsos wrapped in plastic piled one on top of another in the property in Poza Rica, in the Mexican state of Veracruz – a region wracked by drug violence.

Six suspects were detained, prosecutor Veronica Hernandez told reporters.

According to initial investigations, ‘unfortunately there could be more than 13 bodies,’ she said, before further corpses were found.

Police have discovered a grisly makeshift morgue where 34 butchered bodies were wrapped in plastic (pictured) and stuffed in freezers inside a Mexican drug cartel hideout.

Announcing the grim find, authorities said on Monday that the bodies had been stuffed into kitchen chest freezers (pictured)

Police and soldiers discovered the cold rooms after storming one cartel-controlled house during a shootout siege with gang members in the early hours of Sunday.

Inside they found 14 butchered torsos and a search of a second property revealed another freezer room with at least 20 victims’ remains in cold storage.

Some media reports say some captives – possibly awaiting execution – were freed alive by Mexican authorities.

It is understood that police had chased a suspect who hid in the building where three kidnap victims were held, officials told AFP on condition of anonymity.

Shocking images of the butchered remains show torsos wrapped in plastic piled one on top of another in the property in Poza Rica, in the Mexican state of Veracruz – a region wracked by drug violence. Pictured: The crime scene is seen on Monday in Poza Rica

Police then carried out operations in the area and found more remains in other locations, they said, seizing a vehicle, weapons and unspecified drugs.

Veracruz is one of Mexico’s most violent regions due to fighting between rival gangs for control of lucrative drug trafficking routes to the United States.

The Latin American nation has recorded more than 400,000 murders since the launch of a controversial military anti-drug offensive in 2006.

It has also registered more than 110,000 disappearances since 1962, most attributed to criminal organizations.

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