Authorities find 12 bodies in clandestine graves in northern Mexico
Al Jazeera
Skeletal remains discovered in Mexican border state of Chihuhua taken to lab for possible identification, officials say.
Authorities in Mexico have uncovered 12 bodies in clandestine graves in the northern border state of Chihuahua.
Authorities discovered the skeletal remains in 11 graves in Ascension, about 180km (110 miles) west of Ciudad Juarez, near the border with the United States, the state prosecutor’s office said in a statement on Thursday.
The investigators started exploring the desolate site on December 18, and in subsequent days, they expanded the search area.
They eventually found 11 separate shallow pits into which a dozen bodies had been dumped.
The remains were taken to state forensic laboratories for possible identification and to determine, if possible, the causes of death.
