Forensic scientists are working to identify the dead.

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The Mexican navy says it has captured the main suspect in the murder of 145 people in the state of Tamaulipas, the BBC reports.

Omar Martin Estrada is accused of being the local leader of the Zetas drug cartel in San Fernando, where the bodies were found. Most of the victims are thought to have been abducted from long-distance buses travelling north to the US border.

Estrada is also accused of being involved in the murder of 72 Central and South American migrants whose bodies were found in the same area last year.

The motive for the murders is unclear, but there is speculation the cartel gunmen may have killed men who refused to join their ranks. （點擊英國廣播公司網站查看原文）

墨西哥大屠殺嫌犯被捕

?????? 據英國廣播公司報道，涉嫌在塔毛利帕斯州殺害145人的主要犯罪嫌疑人日前已被墨西哥海軍逮捕。

?????? 這些受害人的尸體是在圣費爾南多發現的，而奧瑪爾?馬丁?埃斯特拉達被指正是當地販毒集團“塞塔”的首領。據信，絕大多數受害者是在乘長途汽車向北去往美國邊界時被劫持的。

?????? 埃斯特拉達還被指控與去年發生在同一地點的一起屠殺有關，當時發現有72具中南美洲移民的尸體。

?????? 目前，其大開殺戒的動機尚不明確，但有人猜測，持槍的販毒分子之所以殺人可能是因為那些人拒絕與他們為伍。

(China.org.cn April 18, 2011)