6 ladies who went lacking in Mexico had been killed, burned

But state prosecutor Carlos Zamarripa stated Friday that consultants had discovered skeletal stays “almostly completely burned” in raids on a number of properties Thursday. The quantity of bone fragments discovered — Zamarripa stated they had been “hundreds” — suggests the ladies’s our bodies had been burned and the bones had been floor up and scattered, a typical drug cartel tactic.

“They took the six women to Juventino Rosas, where they later killed them,” Zamarripa stated. He stated the motive for the killings was nonetheless beneath investigation.

DNA exams matched 5 of the lacking ladies, and extra check had been being carried out.

Nearly two dozen weapons, explosives and 1000’s of doses of medicine had been additionally discovered on the properties, he stated. The plastic-wrapped physique of a male kidnap sufferer was additionally discovered at one of many properties.

Zamarripa stated 14 males arrested in reference to that and different killings. At least 5 of the suspects had been from the northern border state of Tamaulipas, and one among them was a Honduran man.

Tamaulipas is break up between the Gulf cartel and the Northeast Cartel. It was not clear what both group could be doing in Guanajuato, which is a whole lot of miles to the south.

Authorities had posted search bulletins for the six ladies on March 9, and had stated for greater than per week they hoped to search out them alive.

For years, the commercial and farming hub of Guanajuato has been Mexico’s most violent state, with the Jalisco cartel waging a turf battle there towards native gangs, together with the Santa Rosa de Lima cartel, which is seemingly being supported by the a lot bigger Sinaloa cartel.