Bodies of 34 people unearthed during construction work in Mexican region wracked by cartel violence

Mexican authorities have discovered that the bodies of 34 people in a mass tomb in a Western region collapsed by Cartel violenceannounced the state prosecutor’s office on Thursday.

The remains were found during construction work in Zapopan in the state of Jalisco, which houses one of the country’s most powerful drug cartels, said prosecutor Salvador Gonzalez at a press conference.

Radar dogs and corpses penetrating to the ground were used to search for bodies after the initial discovery in February, he said.

Criminal groups of the Latin American nation often bury their victims in unmarked tombs, or incinerate them so as not to leave any trace.

Jalisco is one of the least affected Mexican regions by a missing people who saw more than 127,000 people disappear.

State is a bastion of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, One of the drug trafficking groups classified by the administration of President Trump as a terrorist organization.

The Jalisco cartel has been accused of having used false advertisements to attract new members and torture and kill recruits who resist. In March, a group of people looking for missing parents found Cartonized bones, shoes and clothes to a suspected training field for the cartel.

The cartel is led by Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, which is better known as “Mencho.” Washington offered a $ 15 million award For more information leading to his capture.

Criminal violence has made around 480,000 lives across Mexico since 2006.

Hundreds of graves have been discovered across the country. One of Mexico’s biggest tombs Was reported in 2017 when more than 250 skulls were found in what seems to be a funeral field of drug mass on the outskirts of the city of Veracruz.

More recently, in January, at least 56 body were discovered in unmarked mass pits in northern Mexico, not far from the American border.

THE month before thatMexican authorities have discovered 12 bodies buried in clandestine tombs in the state of northern Chihuahua in Mexico. 12 other bodies have also been found in several tombs about two hours from Ciudad Juarez, which is through the border of El Paso, Texas.