MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in the central Mexican state of
Guanajuato said 32 bodies were found on a property in the
municipality of Irapuato and nearly half of them have been
identified.
The Guanajuato state prosecutor’s office said via X Monday that
the bodies were found in clandestine graves on the property in
the community of La Calera on Irapuato’s north side, about 320
kilometers (200 miles) northwest of Mexico City.
Forensic teams had working at the site since July 30,
prosecutors said. Authorities were working to identify the
remaining bodies.
The discovery came less than two months after a mass shooting at
a street party in Irapuato left 12 people dead.
Guanajuato has suffered persistent violence in recent years as
the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel battles the homegrown
Santa Rosa de Lima organized crime group. The state recorded
more than 1,500 homicides from January through July.
Organized crime groups frequently bury their victims in
clandestine graves. The Mexican government’s current tally of
disappeared is nearly 132,000.
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