Remains of at least 25 bodies found in Mexico mass grave

Jalisco state prosecutor’s office says remains of 25 people had been found in mass grave discovered on Thursday.

Soldiers, forensic personnel and prosecutors work in the area where a clandestine mass grave was discovered at Lomas del Vergel in the community of Zapopan, Jalisco state, Mexico, on January 16, 2020. — In this file photo from January 16, soldiers, forensic personnel and prosecutors work in the area where a clandestine mass grave was discovered at Lomas del Vergel in the community of Zapopan, Jalisco state [File: Ulises Ruiz/AFP]

The remains of at least 25 people were found buried in a mass grave outside the western Mexican city of Guadalajara, the Jalisco state prosecutor’s office has said.

The mass grave was found on Thursday and searchers have so far “extracted the remains of 25 unidentified dead people, as well as five bags that are presumed to also contain human remains,” the agency said in a statement on Sunday.

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Neighbours said dogs uncovered bones at an abandoned farm, in the town of El Salto south of Guadalajara.

The remains were transferred to a local morgue for further examination.

So far this year, 115 bodies have been found in at least 10 clandestine graves in Jalisco, most of them outside Guadalajara, Mexico’s second-largest city.

The state has been the scene of rising violence during the past five years, linked to a powerful drug cartel, Jalisco Nueva Generacion.

Source: AFP

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