Mexico: more than fifty bodies discovered in mass graves
(illustration) Mexican soldiers during an operation against the Jalisco Nueva Generacion cartel.
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Mexico is a huge cemetery.
At least 59 bodies have been discovered in clandestine mass graves in central Guanajuato state, the state-run National Commission for Tracing Persons (CNB) said on Wednesday.
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They are mostly young people, and even some teenagers, said Karla Quintana, head of the National Commission for Tracing Persons (CNB), in a press briefing.
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We found 59 bodies in various underground graves ... The vast majority of bodies appear to be young people, sometimes very young, probably among them adolescents
."
Conferencia de prensa de @Busqueda_MX @BusquedaGto y @FGEGUANAJUATO sobre hallazgo de fosas clandestinas y puntos positivos probable.Hasta ahora se han localizado 59 cuerpos.
Autoridades y familias seguimos buscando @A_Encinas_R @kiquinta @CCiudadanoSNB https://t.co/GqneKdl20y…
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by Búsqueda Mx (@Busqueda_MX) October 29, 2020
More than 80 people were mobilized for this research and 52 excavations were carried out, allowing the discovery of the bodies, said the authorities.
Endemic violence
Violence in the state of Guanajuato has increased in recent months, due to a fight between the
Santa Rosa de Lima
and
Jalisco Nueva Generacion
cartels
, both involved in drug and fuel trafficking.
This last gang, which is known for its ultraviolence, has become in a few years the most powerful in the country.
The trial of its alleged leader, Jose Armando, nicknamed "El Vaca", began
last June.
Jalisco Nueva Generacion
is also responsible for an outbreak of violence observed in Ciudad Juarez, where the cartel operates alongside that of Sinaloa.
Endemic violence has raged in Mexico for nearly 15 years since the government of former President Felipe Calderon launched its war on drug traffickers.
More than 300,000 people have lost their lives as a result of the violence, according to official figures.
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