Truck with 157 rotting bodies is dumped behind a housing complex by Mexican officials

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Mexican officials have promised to investigate after a truck filled with 157 bodies ended up dumped in a field as the country struggles with a record murder rate.

The bodies were loaded on to the refrigerated lorry in Jalisco state after morgues ran out of space, before it ended up behind a residential building.

Those living in the nearby city of Guadalajara eventually complained about the smell, prompting local officials to launch a probe into how it ended up there.

While the bodies were being kept refrigerated, the process only slows decomposition and does not stop it altogether.

Many of the bodies were already badly rotted having been found in mass graves across the state.