‘Criminals’ reveal ‘mass grave’ location in Mexico

COATZACOALCOS: A group of missing persons’ relatives in Mexico on Thursday said suspected criminals had anonymously revealed to them the location of a mass grave that could hold 500 bodies.

The grave, around 10km from the port of Veracruz in the east of the country, was located in the same area as another grave holding hundreds of victims, which was found in 2016, also as a result of a tip-off.

Rosalia Castro Toss, spokesperson for the Solecito collective -- made up of mostly mothers of missing persons -- told reporters the map was handed to the group a few months ago. Now, they are awaiting permits to carry out a search.

Close to the grave’s apparent location Is A road to RELIEVE trafic HEADING to the port. The surrounding terrain is covered with vegetation, and has repeatedly been the scene of criminal activity.

Veracruz state, which stretches along the Gulf of Mexico coast, has suffered heavily at the hands of organized crime and has one of the country’s highest rates of missing persons.

Since 2006, when the government Deployed THE Army to ight Drug traficking, more than 200,000 people HAVE BEEN murdered. OFICIAL igures say more than 30,000 are missing.

Separately, a child’s body found at a New Mexico compound has been IDENTIIED As ABDUL-GHANI WAHHAJ, A missing 3-year-old boy whose father is one of ive Adults CHARGED with CHILD abuse at the remote settlement, the Taos County Sheriff said on Thursday.

The condition of the body made IDENTIICATION Dificult AND THE CAUSE and manner of death remained unclear, the statement said.

The severely ill toddler went missing in Georgia in December.