Mexico: 35 bodies were found in three clandestine graves

At least 35 bodies appeared this week in three clandestine graves located in the Mexican state of Jalisco, announced today the regional prosecutor Gerardo Octavio Solis, published by the newspaper El Universal.

Prosecutor Solis said that 27 of these 35 bodies were located in the municipality of Zapopan and that until now, there were "two people identified" while it is expected that the number of bodies could increase .

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"We dig more than three meters deep, we help with heavy machinery and engineers to perform structural calculations and to avoid weakening some walls of the perimeter," said the prosecutor, according to a dispatch of the News agency. CCA.

On the other hand, in Guadalajara appeared the skulls of seven other people, in a property where, on May 3, nine people were rescued with evidence of torture, while the last body was found in the municipality of Tlajomulco.

Last February, the Attorney General's Office in Colima announced the discovery of at least 69 bodies in 49 mbad graves located in the municipality of Tecomán, while nearly 40,000 people are missing in Mexico.

In 2018, there were more than 33,000 murders in the country, most of which were related to organized crime. In this situation, the Mexican government introduced a new plan in February to find missing persons creating a new forensic institute and working more closely with international groups and families.

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The project includes the integration of technical support from international human rights organizations and the establishment of a national forensic institute integrating a database with the support of family members in search of missing persons .

This Mexican government plan seeks the technical support of various United Nations agencies, the IACHR, the International Red Cross and the Argentinean forensic anthropology team, among other specialized agencies. .