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In Mexico, three clandestine laboratories producing synthetic drugs were dismantled on Tuesday (June 4th) in the state of Sinaloa. The cartel of the same name is now focused on this production since the decline in marijuana prices, related to its legalization in several US states. The violence related to this drug trafficking is plaguing Mexico, especially since the army was deployed to fight cartels in 2006. Last year, a record number of over 33,500 murders was reached and forensics can not keep up. A challenge for the government of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who made the fight against violence a priority.
Mass graves discovered throughout the year, human remains difficult to identify and morgues that consequently overflow. Last year, the state's storage of hundreds of dead bodies in refrigerated trucks was scandalous. The new Mexican government, in charge since December, promises the creation of a new Institute of Forensic Medicine. But in an interview with AFP, Secretary of the Interior Olga Sanchez Cordero, recognizes, the urgency is such that Mexico has already appealed to the United Nations and the United States.
" We are facing a crisis of forensics. We were not prepared, nor did we have the right experts. We do not have enough specialized forensic medicine staff. Even fewer specialists in the identification of corpses and human remains. Bone remnants that are sometimes very small, because they have been burned, or because they have been dissolved in acid, "laments Olga Sanchez Cordero.
To date, more than 26,000 bodies are still waiting to be identified. An identification necessary to pacify the country, insists the government. Last month a database was created to identify mass graves discovered over the last 20 years.