Dismembered bodies of 24 people found in mass grave in Mexico | Global News Avenue

one mass grave Mexican authorities said on Sunday that dozens of bags of dismembered bodies, including the remains of 24 people, were found on the outskirts of Guadalajara in December.

Six of them – one woman and five men – have been identified. They were reported missing between 2021 and 2023, the Jalisco state prosecutor’s office said in a statement. statement.

“The deputy prosecutor’s office for missing persons has notified the families of these victims and is providing them with comprehensive psychosocial support,” the state prosecutor said.

The remaining 18 people have not yet been positively identified and the search for the perpetrators is ongoing.

Officials said the grave was located using a drone equipped with a thermal camera and ground-penetrating radar, as well as a canine unit.

Since Mexico launched a major offensive against drug cartels in 2006, more than 450,000 people have been murdered across the country.

Organized crime is largely blamed for tens of thousands of deaths and disappearances. Some of the recent violent incidents are related to Jalisco New Generation Cartel Invading areas that were once Islamic State strongholds Sinaloa Cartelone of the largest drug trafficking organizations in Mexico.

Jalisco has the highest number of missing people in Mexico’s state, with 15,382 people missing as of the end of last year, according to authorities.

Collective search for missing persons Drug cartels and other organized crime gangs are said to sometimes use ovens to incinerate their victims, leaving no trace behind.

The country’s forensic system is overwhelmed, with tens of thousands of unidentified bodies lying unclaimed in morgues or mass graves.

Just last month, Mexican authorities said they had found a total of 31 bodies from the mines of Chiapas, a state plagued by cartel violence.

Just a few days ago, Mexican authorities 12 bodies found buried in secret graves In northern Chihuahua.