Mexican police found 45 bags of human remains

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Image source, Jalisco State Prosecutor’s Office

Mexican authorities found 45 bags containing human remains in a valley outside the western city of Guadalajara.

Officials were searching for seven young call center workers, who were reported missing last week, when they found the bodies.

The remains include men and women, and the number of bodies is not yet known.

The search is expected to continue for several days due to the rugged terrain and poor lighting.

The prosecutor’s office of the western state of Jalisco said in a statement that after a tip-off in the search for the seven people, they began searching in the Mirador del Bosque ravine where they found bags containing body parts.

Firefighters and civil defense are working with police and helicopter crews to recover the remains.

The prosecutor’s office said the first bag was found on Tuesday, but due to the rough terrain and lack of sunlight, the investigation resumed on Wednesday and will continue until all remains are found.

Officials said they will continue to work to determine the number of bodies, who they are, and the causes of their deaths.

It added that it would continue to try to locate the seven people who were reported missing.

Although it has not been established how the bodies ended up in the canyon, disappearances are relatively common in Mexico.

Government data shows that many of the disappearances have occurred since 2007, when then-president Felipe Calderon launched his “war on drugs.”

Three-quarters of those reported missing were men and a fifth were under the age of 18 at the time of their disappearance.

Relatives of the disappeared say the government is not doing enough to find them, and that officials are indifferent when they report loved ones missing.

The United Nations called it “a human tragedy of colossal proportions”.

Jalisco is the heart of a violent drug war, and some of the most powerful groups operating there include the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), and their rival, Nueva Plaza, which broke away from the CJNG in 2017, sparking violence across Guadalajara, the capital of Jalisco state.

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