Police found 45 trash bags containing human remains in a ravine while searching for several missing call center workers.
In a statement released on Wednesday, the prosecutor’s office of the Mexican state of Jalisco reported the discovery in Guadalajara, stating the bags were found beneath a wooded overlook. Deploying a helicopter, teams composed of firefighters and civil defense personnel carried out the retrieval of some of the remains from the Mirador del Bosque gorge’s depths. They are doing the extraction process all week.
The search operation kicked off following reports on Tuesday, May 30, of seven missing persons from a Zapopan-based call center. During the investigation, the law enforcement teams discovered the body parts after following a lead. The Jalisco State Prosecutor’s Office, which is at the helm of the investigation into these tragic deaths, revealed that preliminary findings indicate the discovered body parts match the physical profiles of some of the vanished call center workers.
The initial discovery involved the unearthing of a black plastic bag packed with human remains. Search efforts had to be postponed until the next day due to rugged terrain and poor visibility.
The Jalisco Forensic Medical Service will play a significant role in victim identification, quantification of the number of victims, and determination of causes of death.
National crime data points to a disturbingly high homicide rate in the country. Over 110,000 people are reported missing in Mexico, with Jalisco, a hotspot for drug cartel operations, reporting the highest number of disappearances at 15,000.
