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Port of Veracruz (Mexico): 400 kg of cocaine seized by police are burned in January 2018. The state of Veracruz is one of the most affected by violence and organized crime, including drug cartels. VICTORIA RAZO / AFP
One hundred and sixty-six bodies were discovered in early August in several common graves in the state of Veracruz, eastern Mexico, said Thursday local prosecutor Jorge Winckler. The state of Veracruz is one of the states most affected by violence and organized crime, including drug cartels. Several mass graves have already been discovered.
"The remains of at least 166 people have been found" in a secret grave, the prosecutor Jorge Winckler said in a press release, but the search is continuing. Moreover, the precise location of the tomb was not indicated to protect the work of investigators and forensic scientists.
Listen to the details of the prosecutor Jorge Winkler, collected by the Spanish copywriting of RFI 07/09/2018 - by RFI Play
More than 200 pieces of clothing, 114 personal effects and various items were found on the scene, says Winckler prosecutor. these burials are at least two years old.
According to a witness, "hundreds of people were buried underground" at this location. An association of families of disappeared from the state of Veracruz, Solecito, had reported to the authorities the possible existence of a collective grave. The association received an anonymous map indicating a site where more than 500 bodies were buried.
Large means, drones, radars of geolocalisation, were implemented at the beginning of August for the researches which thus ended up since the pit was localized. According to the prosecutor, there were 32 graves on the site.
This is not the first time that major mass graves have been updated in this state of Veracruz. In 2016, in the suburbs of the great port of the Atlantic coast, a mass grave with 295 corpses was discovered. According to official figures, more than 37,000 people are missing in Mexico.
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