Chivis Martínez for Borderland Beat
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Identification was found in the clothing of some of the victims.
Autodefensa advocate, Catholic priest known as Padre Goyo, reported a dozen bodies were discovered in Apatzingán Michoacán fosa yesterday.
Goyo said the 12 executed people were of the same family, including children, that were murdered by the Caballeros Templarios cartel.
The narco fosas (clandestine grave) was in the community of "El Alcalde", town of Apatzingán.
An anonymous tip alerted authorities, which led to the location of the grave.
Later today authorities asserted that the number of bodies found was thirteen and not twelve. Victims were 9 adults, the eldest being a female 68 years of age and four children. The children ranged in ages of 13 months to 15 years.
The group was kidnapped last August, and no information surfaced of their whereabouts, until the anonymous call disclosed the location of the clandestine grave.
It is being reported that the patriarch of the family had joined the autodefensas movement in Apatzingán, which in August was still in its infancy, in the Templarios stronghold .
The family was kidnapped from their home, bounded, and transported to a hilly area away from the city where they were tortured, raped and killed.
It is being reported that the patriarch of the family had joined the autodefensas movement in Apatzingán, which in August was still in its infancy, in the Templarios stronghold .
The family was kidnapped from their home, bounded, and transported to a hilly area away from the city where they were tortured, raped and killed.
Today, there was an arrest of a man, who was identified by relatives of the victims as a participant on the mass kidnap and murder "surge".
Father Goyo is accusing the mayor of Apatzingán, who is the nephew of El Chayo one of the maximum leaders of Templarios, of being complicit in the narconappings in Apatzingán.
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Father Goyo is accusing the mayor of Apatzingán, who is the nephew of El Chayo one of the maximum leaders of Templarios, of being complicit in the narconappings in Apatzingán.
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