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MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) - The body of the mayor of a northern Mexican town has been found, three days after he was kidnapped in an area besieged by drug cartels.

The body of Santiago Mayor Edelmiro Cavazos was found near a waterfall outside his town Wednesday. His hands were bound and his head was wrapped in tape.

Police haven't determined a motive in the killing, but the attorney general of Nuevo Leon state suggests that it was a drug hit because Cavazos had attended state security meetings and was "showing his face in the fight against organized crime."

Cavazos was kidnapped from his home Sunday night by 15 armed men wearing uniforms from a defunct federal police force, a tactic frequently used by Mexico's drug gangs.