Macabre discovery in Mexico. At least 59 bodies were found in clandestine mass graves in central Guanajuato state, the government-run National Commission for Tracing Persons (CNB) said on Wednesday (October 28th).
“We found 59 bodies in various underground graves, there are other points on which we continue to work, declared Karla Quintana, head of the CNB from the municipality of Salvatierra, area where the pits were discovered, during a press conference. The vast majority of bodies appear to be young people, sometimes very young, probably among them adolescents. “
The information of the discovery of a possible pit went back to the authorities about two weeks ago, the research work having been launched eight days ago, in partnership with the security institutions, at the level of the State like at the federal level. More than 80 people were mobilized for this research and 52 excavations were carried out, allowing the discovery of the bodies, said the authorities.
Multiplication of violence
Violence in the state of Guanajuato has increased in recent months, due to a fight between the cartels of Santa Rosa de Lima and Jalisco Nueva Generacion, both involved in drug and fuel trafficking.
Sign of this upsurge, the attack by heavily armed men on a drug rehabilitation center in the city of Irapuato resulted in the death of 27 people on 1er last july.
In early August, the authorities of the city of Santa Cruz announced the arrest of the leader of the Santa Rosa de Lima cartel, Jose Antonio Yepez, said “El Marro” while his successor, Adan Ochoa, was arrested in mid-October in the Laja-Baio region.
Since the government of former President Felipe Calderon launched its war on drug traffickers in December 2006, more than 300,000 people have lost their lives in Mexico, according to official figures.
