A series of drug-related attacks have left 24 people dead in Mexico in one unusually bloody day, 13 of them in the popular resort city of Acapulco

Two decapitated men were found on a scenic road packed with nightclubs in Acapulco while another man was found shot to death on the edge of the city.

Gunmen also killed five police officers on patrol in Tuncingo, a rural area outside Acapulco. In the same area, police found the bullet-ridden bodies of five other men, including two who had been beheaded.

In one of the deadliest days yet of Mexico's gruesome drug wars, another gun battle in the small town of Ajuchitlan del Progreso erupted when attackers opened fire on soldiers patrolling in the town.Ten gunmen and one soldier were killed, said Valentin Diaz, director of the Guerrero state investigative police