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The head of the PGR reported four other graves containing human remains in Iguala.
The locations of the graves or "fosas" were discovered after new arrests of 4 individuals. The PGR chief, Jesús Murillo Karam, decline to name the new detainees, he would only state that they were not police. The number of detained now stands at 34; 26 police officers and 8 Iguala civilians.
Murillo said it also continues the search of the mayor of Iguala, José Luis Abarca, and his wife, as well as those who may have responsibility for the events. In turn, the chief director of the Criminal Investigation Agency, Thomas Zerón Lucio said there interagency collaboration to settle the case.
The recent attacks against student teachers left six people dead, 25 wounded and the disappearance of the 43 students, in a case that has sparked outrage inside and outside of Mexico.
However, residents of Iguala, in particular have been pleading for help from the PGR and federal government since 2011, when the criminal group Guerreros Unidos set down roots in the town important for drug trafficking as a staging city for drugs.
There are countless bodies buried in fosas in and around Iguala, a ton of only 125,000 people.
BB reported on other fosas discovered, and are attempted to research dates and information of other fosas in Iguala and near by Taxco.
In the past six months alone, in the city of Iguala known fosas:
April: 7 Bodies, May 23 Bodies, August 31 Bodies, October 28 bodies.
Research is difficult, it requires accessing regional media reports going backwards. Mainstream media largely ignored what has happened in Iguala until recent events.