TAPACHULA, Mexico — There were eleven clandestine graves containing the bodies of 15 men in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, where one the case It is happening between the Sinaloa and Jalisco Nueva Generación drug cartels, local authorities said Sunday.
Chiapas Governor Eduardo Ramírez Aguilar said on his social media that the findings came from a search in the nearby city of La Concordia. Mexico border with Guatemala. He said four people connected to the case were arrested with weapons and drugs.
According to a statement from the state prosecutor’s office, the raid took place in two different properties. The first site had three graves in three graves and the second, eight graves with 12 bodies.
“It is worth noting that technological tools such as drones and geo-radar were used for these operations, in addition to air planes, in addition to ground search, field forensics, back excavation and drills,” he said.
Jorge Luis Llaven Abarca, the chief prosecutor of Chiapas, said last week that another clandestine mass of charred bodies had been found in Emiliano Zapata, near La Concordia, but did not give further details because of the poor condition of the bodies for identification.
The conflict over drug routes, migrant trafficking and weapons has left more than 10,000 people dead displaced in recent years, among others, Mexicans who have fled to Guatemala, according to reports from humanitarian organizations.
