Killing of artist brothers shatters Mexico City’s veneer of safety

Grisly discovery rocks capital, an oasis of tentative calm in a country that has seen more than 35,000 murders in the past year

The two brothers’ bodies were found in a cellar, bound hand and foot, their heads wrapped in packing tape. Their elderly uncle, who had also been murdered, lay nearby.

The grisly discovery, announced by authorities on Sunday, has rocked Mexico City, piercing the veneer of relative safety that has long characterised the capital, an oasis of tentative calm in a country awash with violence.