Officials in northern Mexico spent three days searching the region last week and discovered more than a dozen human remains in 11 secret graves near the U.S. border.
The secret tomb was located in the town of Ascension, just south of El Paso, Texas. Prosecutor of the Northern State of Chihuahua he said Thursday.
Hidden graves are commonly used by Mexican cartels and other criminal organizations to bury victims of heinous murders. As a result of the cartels' nefarious tactics, 120,000 people are currently missing in Mexico.
According to state prosecutors, Mexican authorities identified the first hole on Dec. 18, but decided to expand the search at that time and also discovered a second and third hole nearby, both filled with bones. It was.
Over the next two days, they found eight more hidden graves filled with bones.
“The excavated items were processed by forensic anthropologists and experts from Forensic Services who collected and packaged evidence, including spent shells of various calibers,” the state prosecutor said.
“The unidentified bones and the evidence found were transferred to the laboratory of the Forensic Department in Razor. Mr. Juarez was requested to conduct an analysis and investigation to determine the identity, cause of death, and time of death,” the prosecutor's office said. added.
Relatives of missing people often have to search for their loved ones themselves, forming volunteer groups to search for their loved ones in the desert.
On the U.S. side of the border, President-elect Donald President Trump threatens to designate ruthless Mexican cartels It is treated as a terrorist organization due to its drug trafficking activities.
“We're going to promote how drugs are bad for you. They ruin your appearance, they ruin your face, they ruin your skin, they ruin your teeth,” Trump said. made the pledge at the recent Turning Point USA conference in Phoenix.
