Mexico is one of the countries with the highest number of murders in the world. Recently, the Mexican authorities once again discovered a mass grave. All 113 victims died in armed conflicts between local drug trafficking gangs.
The Sun reported on November 23 that the incident occurred in the El Salto area of Jalisco State, Mexico, where the local drug gangs often clashes. Recently, the authorities once again discovered a mass grave in the suburbs, in which 113 civilians were buried.
On November 22, the state’s prosecutor Geraldo Octavio Solis stated at a press conference that these corpses were all piled up when they were found. Many corpses were dismembered and a large number of skulls were discarded. In a bag. Up to now, only 30 bodies have been identified by relatives, including 28 men and 2 women.
According to reports, the state is the main activity location of a semi-militarized Mexican criminal group "Jalisco New Generation Group" in Mexico. Drug trafficking and the theft of crude oil are the main illegal activities of the group.
As there is still a certain degree of danger at the scene, the country’s army and National Guard have specially sent personnel to provide support to ensure the smooth progress of the excavation work.
According to a latest report from the Mexican Ministry of the Interior, since 2006, the authorities have found 4092 mass graves, and almost half of the dead are concentrated in five states: Veracruz, Tamaulipas, and Gray Luo, Sinaloa and Zacatecas, the authorities excavated 6,900 bodies from these tombs.
Jalisco has become the state with the largest number of missing persons, with at least 3,568 cases in the past two years. Carla Quintana, head of the Mexican National Search Committee, explained: “The vast majority of corpses are young people, even underage teenagers.”
Last year, 33,000 innocent victims in Mexico were murdered. The figure is the highest record recorded in the country. Most of the victims died in drug gangs. They were tortured and abused at the ceremonies held by these gangs and eventually executed. The bodies may be mutilated or thrown in the street on. The gang members will even throw acid on the bodies of these victims to dissolve them, even pregnant women.
Recently, hanging dead bodies on highway bridges has become a popular modus operandi of drug gangs. At the same time, they will use bomb-loaded drones when fighting other drug gangs.
Many netizens expressed their sympathy and regret for the victims who unfortunately lost their lives in this conflict, hoping that the authorities can bury them in a decent way and crack down on the criminal gangs as soon as possible. Some netizens said that they hope that local residents can pay attention to their personal safety in their daily lives and avoid encountering the same tragedy.
Last month, a mass grave containing 60 bodies was also found in the town of Salvadora in neighboring Guanajuato. In this regard, the authorities think this is a bit strange, because the mass grave was found in the town, not in a deserted rural area.
