4 Calif. residents found strangled in Tijuana

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The bodies of four U.S. citizens have been found strangled in a van in Tijuana, Mexico. Mexican authorities said Thursday the victims had been tied up, beaten and stabbed.

Story Created: May 14, 2009 at 4:59 PM PDT

Story Updated: May 14, 2009 at 4:59 PM PDT

4 Calif. residents found strangled in Tijuana

Tijuana, Mexico (file photo)

TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — The bodies of four U.S. citizens have been found strangled in a van in Tijuana, Mexico.

Mexican authorities said Thursday the victims had been tied up, beaten and stabbed.

Fermin Gomez, an assistant state prosecutor in Baja California, says the victims were found Saturday. The two men and two women lived in Chula Vista, Calif., and ranged in age from 19 to 23 years old.

Gomez says one of the victims tested positive for cocaine. He says one of the victims' relatives told authorities they knew alleged drug traffickers.

Bernard Gonzales, a spokesman for the Chula Vista Police Department, says a friend told the women's parents they were headed to nightclubs in Tijuana on Thursday night.