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Mystery shrouds 6 bodies found in San Bernardino desert. Could it have been gang-motivated?

San Bernardino Sheriff’ s department officials investigate the scene where six people were found dead in a remote area of San Bernardino County north of Adelanto, California.

LOS ANGELES — Several days after authorities discovered six bodies in the remote El Mirage desert in San Bernardino County, questions remain among experts on whether the deaths could be a gang- or cartel-related killing.

Information that investigators have yet to release — the age of the dead and their criminal history, for example — would help give a better idea of a possible motive to the slayings, experts say.

"When you see the bullet casings, the number of people who were killed, the fact that the vehicle was left in the middle of the desert without any attempt

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