MEXICO: Seventeen more bodies found in mass grave in Durango bringing the total body count to seventy five

Record ID: 300618

  • Title: MEXICO: Seventeen more bodies found in mass grave in Durango bringing the total body count to seventy five
  • Date: 27th April 2011
  • Summary: DURANGO, MEXICO (APRIL 25, 2011) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) POLICE VEHICLES ON STREET POLICEMEN OUTSIDE PLOT OF LAND WHERE MASS GRAVE WAS FOUND VARIOUS OF WHITE VAN WITH BODIES INSIDE FORENSIC SCIENTIST WALKING NEXT TO VAN HOLE MORE OF POLICE VEHICLES IN STREET VARIOUS OF MASS GRAVE POLICEMEN IN STREET MORE OF VEHICLES IN STREET CORDONED OFF AREA MORE OF POLICE
  • Embargoed: 12th May 2011 13:00
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  • Location: Mexico, Mexico
  • Country: Mexico
  • Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement
  • Reuters ID: LVAE1HVLP0T68F68AYRUTCDMFOK5
  • Story Text: Authorities have pulled a total of 75 bodies from a mass grave in northern Mexico, a local official said in a statement on Tuesday (April 25).
    Federal police digging in the outskirts of Durango, capital of the Mexican state of the same name, uncovered the severely decomposed bodies in the last few days, the state government official said.
    Police found 58 bodies in the last few days with seventeen more bodies discovered.
    Mexico has been engaged in a bloody war against drug traffickers for more than four years. Many of the 37,000 people killed have been found buried in ditches.
    This month authorities found another mass grave containing the remains of 145 people in the border state of Tamaulipas.
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