Bay of Plenty Times

Secretmass graves

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Mexican authoritie­s have recovered 113 bodies and additional­human remains from a secret grave outside the western city of Guadalajar­a. Jalisco state Attorney Gerardo Octavio Solı´s said 30 of the victims had been identified. The state ishome to Jalisconew­generation Cartel, one of Mexico’s most violent and powerful. More bodies have been found in secret graves there than in any other state in recent years. From 2006throug­h September 30 of this year, 897 bodies had been recovered from secret graves in Jalisco, 605 of thosedurin­g the administra­tion of President Andre´s Manuel Lo´pez Obradorwho­took office in December 2018. Since 2006, 4092 secret graves have been found with6900bo­dies across all of Mexico.

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