Ten decapitated bodies are discovered inside an abandoned vehicle along a roadside in the
Mexican city of
Torreón,
Coahuila. Reportedly, a written message was left behind by the perpetrators.
(BBC)
A gunbattle breaks out near
Choix, Sinaloa, after alleged drug traffickers ambushed and killed seven police officers; upon the aggression, the officers gunned down four cartel members. The area is a stronghold of the
Sinaloa Cartel, a powerful drug trafficking organization.
(BBC)
More than $200 million in customer funds is reportedly missing from the accounts of U.S. futures broker
PFGBest, after the firm's founder
Russell Wasendorf attempted suicide outside the company's
Iowa headquarters.
(The Guardian)
Egyptian president
Mohammed Mursi's order to reopen parliament is rejected by the highest court, stating that its ruling dissolving the assembly is binding.
(BBC)