Fetus, two children among 117 bodies in Mexico mass grave
TETELCINGO, Mexico: A fetus, a two-year-old boy and a sevenyear-old girl were among 117 human remains recovered from a mass grave made by Mexican authorities in 2014, officials said Friday.
It took 12 days for forensic experts to dig the pit in the central state of Morelos, and there was one more body than they previously believed were buried in a cemetery in Tetelcingo.
Morelos attorney general Javier Perez said authorities are investigating why they had a registry of 116 bodies instead of 117. Authorities will continue digging to make sure there are no other unknown bodies.
The case has caused outrage in Mexico, where more than 28,000 people have disappeared in a decade of drug violence.
Families of missing people came from other states to observe as authorities began to dig the grave on May 23.
Perez said the fetus, a 36-weekold female – nearly full term – was found dead on a street in 2012 in the city of Cuernavaca.
The seven-year-old girl was found on December 26, 2012, between Cuernavaca and Jiutepec, and an autopsy concluded that she had died of a contusion in the chest. The two-year-old boy was discovered in a river in April 2013, with his death caused by head trauma. The bodies of the children were never claimed, Perez said.
The law allows authorities to bury bodies that are not identified and that nobody claims, but irregularities were found in the Tetelcingo case. — AFP