A Mexican studies organization said Wednesday that it discovered 59 bodies in a series of clandestine pits in the north-central state of Guanajuato and that more can still be sought, said the head of the National Official Commission of Inquiry, Karla Quintana. search initiated a week ago discovered in data of relatives of the devoid.
Given the shortcomings of local law enforcement in Mexico, relatives of people in need in many states have formed their own search groups, collecting data and exploring sites imaginable in search of illegal landfills and graves.
Quintana called it “a pitiful and terrible discovery. ” He added that there were more “possible positive sites” where more bodies could be found and that the paintings would continue.
“The vast majority of bodies, where there are still tissues or other signs, appear to be young, very young, even adolescent,” Quintana said. While waiting for experts to confirm, between 10 and 15 are among the victims, AFP reported. .
The bodies were extracted last week from 52 wells in an asset on the outskirts of the city of Guanajuato de Salvatierra, a scenario considered harmful enough for the Army and the National Guard to ensure the security of the records.
Guanajuato has the number of homicides from any state in Mexico and has been the scene of bloody battles between the Jalisco cartel and local gangs supported through the Sinaloa cartel. In July, gunmen stormed an unregistered rehabilitation center in Guanajuato and killed 24 people.
It was the largest burial site of its kind discovered to date in Guanajuato, larger clandestine burial sites have been excavated in the afterlife in other parts of Mexico.
Last month, after the government announced that human fragments had been discovered in Guanajuato, Reuters reported that some members of the circle of relatives whose relatives have no idea that their lost relatives may be buried there.
“If we don’t find our circle of relatives, we’ll locate other missing. It is a feeling of satisfaction that they (those who suffer in the graves) can move from home and the circle of relatives have peace,” said one local. .
Another user of a missing relative called the city “a cemetery. “