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Yahoo
16-03-2025
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'Extermination' site discovered in Mexico with cremation ovens, human remains
For families in Mexico searching for missing loved ones, the grim discovery of what is being called an "extermination" site with human remains and ovens, could be their worst fears some true. Mexican authorities are now investigating the site in the western state of Jalisco, first found last week by a group of volunteers that was believed, by the volunteers, to have been used by one of the area's cartels known as the New Generation Jalisco Cartel. Inside its iron gates were an increasing number of horrors, including cremation ovens, bone fragments, hundreds of pairs of shoes, clothing and even children's toys. Trump Administration Promises To Be 'Ruthlessly Aggressive' In Response To Suspected Cartel Killing Of Us Citizen "They'd see the shoes and say: 'those look like the ones my missing relative was wearing when they disappeared,'" Luz Toscano, one of the volunteers, told BBC News. The ranch, near the village of Teuchitlán, was raided last September by Mexican authorities who failed to find or reveal the discovery of human remains. Read On The Fox News App At the time of the raid, 10 arrests were made, two hostages were released, and a body was found wrapped in plastic. After authorities began searching this week, they said they also found almost 100 shell casings. Mexico Extradites Dozens Of Cartel Leaders And Members To Us, Including Drug Lord Rafael Caro Quintero None of the remains have been identified, and the number is not yet known, but the number of personal items left behind is around 700. "The number of the victims that presumably could have been buried there is enormous," Eduardo Guerrero, a security analyst in Mexico City, told The New York Times. "And it resurfaced the nightmarish reminder that Mexico is plagued with mass graves." The discovery, based on an anonymous tip, has dominated the headlines, shocking a country that has become inured by mass graves and promoted citizens to call on authorities to crack down on cartel violence. There are 120,000 "forcibly disappeared" people in Mexico. Jalisco state Gov. Pablo Lemus told critics in a video message this week that his office is fully cooperating with federal investigators and no one is "washing their hands" of the case, according to BBC News. The ranch in Teuchitlan, about 37 miles (60 kilometers) west of Guadalajara was allegedly being used as a training base for cartel recruits when National Guard troops found it last September. The Associated Press contributed to this article source: 'Extermination' site discovered in Mexico with cremation ovens, human remains
Fox News
16-03-2025
- Fox News
'Extermination' site discovered in Mexico with cremation ovens, human remains
For families in Mexico searching for missing loved ones, the grim discovery of what is being called an "extermination" site with human remains and ovens, could be their worst fears some true. Mexican authorities are now investigating the site in the western state of Jalisco, first found last week by a group of volunteers that was believed, by the volunteers, to have been used by one of the area's cartels known as the New Generation Jalisco Cartel. Inside its iron gates were an increasing number of horrors, including cremation ovens, bone fragments, hundreds of pairs of shoes, clothing and even children's toys. "They'd see the shoes and say: 'those look like the ones my missing relative was wearing when they disappeared,'" Luz Toscano, one of the volunteers, told BBC News. The ranch, near the village of Teuchitlán, was raided last September by Mexican authorities who failed to find or reveal the discovery of human remains. At the time of the raid, 10 arrests were made, two hostages were released, and a body was found wrapped in plastic. After authorities began searching this week, they said they also found almost 100 shell casings. None of the remains have been identified, and the number is not yet known, but the number of personal items left behind is around 700. "The number of the victims that presumably could have been buried there is enormous," Eduardo Guerrero, a security analyst in Mexico City, told The New York Times. "And it resurfaced the nightmarish reminder that Mexico is plagued with mass graves." The discovery, based on an anonymous tip, has dominated the headlines, shocking a country that has become inured by mass graves and promoted citizens to call on authorities to crack down on cartel violence. There are 120,000 "forcibly disappeared" people in Mexico. Jalisco state Gov. Pablo Lemus told critics in a video message this week that his office is fully cooperating with federal investigators and no one is "washing their hands" of the case, according to BBC News. The ranch in Teuchitlan, about 37 miles (60 kilometers) west of Guadalajara was allegedly being used as a training base for cartel recruits when National Guard troops found it last September.
Yahoo
15-03-2025
- Yahoo
Ovens and bone fragments - BBC visits Mexican cartel 'extermination' site
The gates to the Izaguirre Ranch look much like any others you might find in the state of Jalisco. Two prancing horses on the front perhaps a nod to the surrounding cattle-grazing and sugarcane fields. Yet what lies behind the black iron doors is allegedly evidence of some of Mexico's worst drug cartel violence of recent times. Following a tip-off about the possible location of a mass grave, an activist group of relatives of some of Mexico's thousands of disappeared people went to the ranch, hoping to find some sign of their missing loved ones. What they found was far worse: 200 pairs of shoes, hundreds of items of clothing, scores of suitcases and rucksacks, discarded after the owners themselves were apparently disposed of. Even more chilling, several ovens and human bone fragments were found at the ranch. The site was used, the activists claim, by the New Generation Jalisco Cartel (CJNG) for the forced recruitment and training of their foot-soldiers, and for torturing their victims and cremating their bodies. "There were children's toys in there," says Luz Toscano, a member of the Buscadores Guerreros de Jalisco Collective. "People were desperate", she recalls. "They'd see the shoes and say: 'those look like the ones my missing relative was wearing when they disappeared'." Toscano believes the authorities must now go through all the personal effects piece by piece and make them available to the families for closer inspection. From Mexico cartel safe house to US streets: BBC tracks deadly fentanyl targeted by Trump tariffs Mexico cartels: Which are the biggest and most powerful? For many, however, the worst part of the gruesome discovery is that local police raided the ranch, near the village of Teuchitlán, as recently as last September. While at the time they made 10 arrests and released two hostages, they either didn't find or didn't reveal any evidence of the apparent magnitude of violence carried out there. While the full picture is still to come over what action, if any, was taken by the municipal and state authorities after last year's operation, critics and victims' families openly accuse them of complicity with the cartels in Jalisco. State Governor Pablo Lemus responded in a video message. His administration was cooperating fully with the federal authorities, he said, and insisted that "no one in Jalisco is washing their hands" of the case. For Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, the events in Jalisco threaten to overshadow a strong start to her presidency. Given the serious doubts about the actions of the local police and the state attorney general's office, she has ordered federal investigators to take charge of the case. She urged people not to jump to conclusions while the investigation is ongoing. "It is important is to make the investigation before we come to any conclusions," she said in her morning press briefing earlier this week. "What did they find at the site? Before anything else, we must hear from the State Attorney General's office, which is the agency responsible, and they will let the entire country know what they have found." Whether most Mexicans will believe the official version of events, however, is another question. The place is now crawling with police officers, federal investigators and forensics teams in dust overalls. Whatever they conclude, though, the media in Mexico is calling the Izaguirre Ranch an "extermination" site. Meanwhile, more search teams of victims' relatives have come to the state capital, Guadalajara, ahead of a protest march this weekend to urge the authorities to do more to find Mexico's missing people. Rosario Magaña was among them. She is the mother of Carlos Amador Magaña, who disappeared in June 2017. He was just 19 years old. "I still feel desperate, as it's been eight years and I'm still in the same situation", she said - speaking of her endless search for her son who was kidnapped along with his best friend. "It's a very, very slow process when it comes to the state attorney general's office and the investigation." "I still have faith and hope of finding him", she stressed. "But I'm in a situation which doesn't move forward, and it's discouraging." As she left a church service for the unknown victims at the ranch in Teuchitlán, Rosario said the allegations of mistakes, oversight, collusion and negligence in the case only underlined the uphill struggle mothers like her have faced for years in obtaining answers to the most basic of questions about their children's whereabouts. "There are so many mass graves in Jalisco, so many cartel safehouses, the authorities know the CJNG's modus operandi. So, what is the government doing?" she asks rhetorically. Five beheaded bodies found next to road in Mexico Extortion and kidnap - a deadly journey across Mexico A guide to Mexico's most powerful drug cartels
BBC News
15-03-2025
- BBC News
Ovens and bone fragments: BBC visits Mexican cartel 'extermination' site
The gates to the Izaguirre Ranch look much like any others you might find in the state of Jalisco. Two prancing horses on the front perhaps a nod to the surrounding cattle-grazing and sugarcane what lies behind the black iron doors is allegedly evidence of some of Mexico's worst drug cartel violence of recent a tip-off about the possible location of a mass grave, an activist group of relatives of some of Mexico's thousands of disappeared people went to the ranch, hoping to find some sign of their missing loved they found was far worse: 200 pairs of shoes, hundreds of items of clothing, scores of suitcases and rucksacks, discarded after the owners themselves were apparently disposed of. Even more chilling, several ovens and human bone fragments were found at the ranch. The site was used, the activists claim, by the New Generation Jalisco Cartel (CJNG) for the forced recruitment and training of their foot-soldiers, and for torturing their victims and cremating their bodies."There were children's toys in there," says Luz Toscano, a member of the Buscadores Guerreros de Jalisco Collective. "People were desperate", she recalls."They'd see the shoes and say: 'those look like the ones my missing relative was wearing when they disappeared'." Toscano believes the authorities must now go through all the personal effects piece by piece and make them available to the families for closer inspection. From Mexico cartel safe house to US streets: BBC tracks deadly fentanyl targeted by Trump tariffsMexico cartels: Which are the biggest and most powerful? For many, however, the worst part of the gruesome discovery is that local police raided the ranch, near the village of Teuchitlán, as recently as last September. While at the time they made 10 arrests and released two hostages, they either didn't find or didn't reveal any evidence of the apparent magnitude of violence carried out the full picture is still to come over what action, if any, was taken by the municipal and state authorities after last year's operation, critics and victims' families openly accuse them of complicity with the cartels in Governor Pablo Lemus responded in a video administration was cooperating fully with the federal authorities, he said, and insisted that "no one in Jalisco is washing their hands" of the case. For Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, the events in Jalisco threaten to overshadow a strong start to her presidency. Given the serious doubts about the actions of the local police and the state attorney general's office, she has ordered federal investigators to take charge of the urged people not to jump to conclusions while the investigation is ongoing."It is important is to make the investigation before we come to any conclusions," she said in her morning press briefing earlier this week."What did they find at the site? Before anything else, we must hear from the State Attorney General's office, which is the agency responsible, and they will let the entire country know what they have found."Whether most Mexicans will believe the official version of events, however, is another question. The place is now crawling with police officers, federal investigators and forensics teams in dust overalls. Whatever they conclude, though, the media in Mexico is calling the Izaguirre Ranch an "extermination" more search teams of victims' relatives have come to the state capital, Guadalajara, ahead of a protest march this weekend to urge the authorities to do more to find Mexico's missing Magaña was among them. She is the mother of Carlos Amador Magaña, who disappeared in June 2017. He was just 19 years old. "I still feel desperate, as it's been eight years and I'm still in the same situation", she said - speaking of her endless search for her son who was kidnapped along with his best friend."It's a very, very slow process when it comes to the state attorney general's office and the investigation.""I still have faith and hope of finding him", she stressed. "But I'm in a situation which doesn't move forward, and it's discouraging."As she left a church service for the unknown victims at the ranch in Teuchitlán, Rosario said the allegations of mistakes, oversight, collusion and negligence in the case only underlined the uphill struggle mothers like her have faced for years in obtaining answers to the most basic of questions about their children's whereabouts."There are so many mass graves in Jalisco, so many cartel safehouses, the authorities know the CJNG's modus operandi. So, what is the government doing?" she asks rhetorically.
