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According to a report from the Associated Press in Mexico City, local officials announced on Wednesday night that an apparently long-term use "demolition" had been found on the outskirts of the northern border city of New Laredo. point".
The National Search Committee stated that the site was discovered a few weeks ago. They are currently investigating dozens of missing cases that have occurred on this section of the road since 2012.
The committee said in a statement: “According to the characteristics of the site, it can be inferred that it is a corpse site that has been used for many years until recently. This is the first such scale discovered in Laredo. The statement stated that searchers found burnt human remains on the ground, as well as multiple possible secret graves and a secret crematorium.
It is said that drug cartels often use such venues to burn or dissolve the bodies of victims.
New Laredo and Laredo, Texas, USA is separated by a border. For many years, it has been controlled by the drug cartel "Northeast Cartel", which is a violent criminal group. A branch of "Los Geetas Cartel".
National Search Committee Carla Quintana told Radio W on Tuesday that a "sizable secret crematorium" had been found outside the city of Nuevo Laredo, along with burned bones. Fragments. She said that the crematorium appears to have been established and operated for many years and has been used recently.
lost dozens of people on the highway between Monterey and New Laredo this year,Their family members expressed anger at the report and complained that they were not informed in advance. Angelika Orozco, the head of the kinship group "Our Missing Persons Alliance", said on Wednesday: "The Committee made this alarmist statement without notifying us, which makes us very worried."
In a statement on Tuesday, the group said: "This is completely a secondary injury, and it brings pain and torture to the relatives of the missing, because many people believe that their relatives may have been killed and burned there."
New Laredo’s human rights activist Raimundo Ramos said that although the authorities have released little information on this discovery, in the past, such places have been found to be burnt soaked in oil drums. Unrecognizable corpse. "They should ensure that relatives (of the victim) have access to detailed information," Ramos told the authorities.
The committee called on the families of missing persons to participate in the investigation of disappearances in the area on Wednesday night.
Earlier this year, at least 71 people went missing while driving through the highway between the Monterey Industrial Center and New Laredo. The victims also included a large number of American residents.
Most of the missing are men driving trucks or taxis on this road called the "Death Highway" by the local media. But some of the missing also include women and children, as well as men driving private cars. It is said that some victims were severely beaten after being kidnapped on the road, but were subsequently released. They claimed that militants forced them to park on the highway and stole their vehicles.
Quintana said earlier this year that these disappearances may be related to the turf battle between Jalisco and the Northeast Cartel.
Although relatives of the missing person issued an alert in May,However, the Nuevo León state government did not warn people not to drive on the highway until nearly a month later. Since then, the authorities have strengthened the alert and security of the highway.
(Source: APDNEWS)
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