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50 bodies unearthed from Mexican mass grave

Sunday, 15 December 2019 7:47 AM [ Last Update: Sunday, 15 December 2019 7:54 AM ]

View of a cordoned-off area where a mass grave with at least 138 bags with human remains was found, in Zapopan, Jalisco state, Mexico, on September 18, 2019. (Photo by AFP)

The bodies of at least 50 people have been unearthed from a mass grave at a farm outside Mexico's western city of Guadalajara, local authorities said.

The grim site was discovered just over three weeks ago in Jalisco, a state hard-hit by violence linked to organized crime.

The local prosecutor's office said Saturday 13 of the dead — 12 men and a woman — have been identified and the remains given to their families.

The process of identifying more of the victims and how they died will continue, it added.

View of the zone where forensic experts are using an excavator to dig in an old 30-meter well turned into a mass grave where, up to now, 75 bags with human remains have been found, in the community “La Primavera” in Zapopan, near Guadalajara, state of Jalisco Mexico, on September 10, 2019. (Photo by AFP)

A mass grave with 34 bodies was discovered in a suburb of Guadalajara on September 3, while another was found nearby in May with the remains of 30 people.

Nearly 2,500 murders were reported between January and November in Jalisco, where the powerful Jalisco Nueva Generacion cartel is based, state authorities have said.

(Source: AFP)

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