During construction work in Mexico, the bodies of 34 people were violently damaged by cartels
Mexican authorities found 34 bodies in a massive grave in the western region, the state prosecutor’s office said Thursday.
Prosecutor Salvador Gonzalez said in a press conference that the remains were found in construction works in Zapopan, Jalisco, home to one of the country’s most powerful drug cartels.
He said that after initial discovery in February, ground-penetrating radar and corpse dogs were used to search for corpses.
Criminal groups in Latin American countries often bury victims in unmarked graves or incinerate them without leaving any trace.
Jalisco is one of the most severely affected by the Missing Persons Crisis, with more than 127,000 people vanishing.
The country is Jalisco’s new generation cartel, President Donald Trump’s administration is classified as one of the drug trafficking organizations that terrorist organizations.
Jalisco cartels are accused of using fake job ads to attract new members and Torturing and killing new soldiers Who resists. In March, a group of people looking for missing relatives Charred bones, shoes and clothes On the cartel’s suspicious training ground.
The cartel was led by Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, who is known as “El Mencho.” Washington offered a $15 million reward for capturing his information.
Criminal violence has claimed about 480,000 lives in Mexico since 2006.
Hundreds of graves have been found throughout the country. one of the Mexico’s largest mass grave In 2017, more than 250 skulls were reportedly found in a large-scale cemetery of the drug cartel in the outskirts of Veracruz.
Recently, at least in January 56 BodieS was found in an unmarked mass grave in northern Mexico, not far from the U.S. border.
this A month before thisMexican authorities found 12 bodies buried in secret graves in Chihuahua, northern Mexico. Another 12 bodies were found in several graves about two hours from Juarez, which is located on the border of El Paso, Texas.
