By Lucio R. Borderland Beat
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The town of Salinas Victoria is located approximately 26 kilometers north of the metropolitan area of Monterrey, the capital of Nuevo Leon.
Nuevo Leonborders the United States, is controlled by Los Zetas.
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If anyone thinks the state of Nuevo Leon has the desire or funds to test thousands of bones, please recall the 2011 cases of narco fosas (clandestine graves) discovered in Tamaulipas (in photo above) and Durango City Durango, over 500 bodies discovered. Government agencies promised forensic studies in all remains found. They called on family members, in those areas, who had missing loved ones, to provide samples of their DNA, to assist attempts in identifying remains, by matching the samples with bodies and bones discovered.
At least 31,000 fragments of human bones were found on a ranch in Nuevo Leon, (northern Mexico),
which allegedly was used by organized crime to incinerate their victims to dispose of their bodies. Apparently heavy rains unearthed the remains.
Nuevo Leonborders the United States, is controlled by Los Zetas.
The exact location of the ranch has not been made public as the investigation and search continues to discover additional bone fragments.
The N.L. state attorney Priscila Rivas claims said although they do not have an exact number of bodies the bone fragments represent, supposedly so far investigators have been able to determine that the remains belong to at least 31 people who had been reported missing.
She went on to say only a fraction of the bones have been forensically tested so far.
She went on to say only a fraction of the bones have been forensically tested so far.
If anyone thinks the state of Nuevo Leon has the desire or funds to test thousands of bones, please recall the 2011 cases of narco fosas (clandestine graves) discovered in Tamaulipas (in photo above) and Durango City Durango, over 500 bodies discovered. Government agencies promised forensic studies in all remains found. They called on family members, in those areas, who had missing loved ones, to provide samples of their DNA, to assist attempts in identifying remains, by matching the samples with bodies and bones discovered.
The truth of the matter is that the majority of the remains found were never tested. Families reported that offers of blood samples were refused by authorities, leaving them with the only reasonable conclusion, that testing was not going to be conducted.
Same scenario in the Northeastern state of Coahuila.
In 2014 the federal government made a push into specific areas such as Cinco Manantiales (Five Springs), in search on remains of the thousands of missing persons who vanished in the past decade. Coahuila is the backbone of Los Zetas and is where its premier leaders Lazca was killed, Z40 (Miguel Trevino) arrested and Z42 lived. 42 (Omar Trevino) lived in Cinco Manantiales on his horse ranch.
In 2014 the federal government made a push into specific areas such as Cinco Manantiales (Five Springs), in search on remains of the thousands of missing persons who vanished in the past decade. Coahuila is the backbone of Los Zetas and is where its premier leaders Lazca was killed, Z40 (Miguel Trevino) arrested and Z42 lived. 42 (Omar Trevino) lived in Cinco Manantiales on his horse ranch.
Of the 1500+ remains supposedly found on a "narcorancho" in 5 springs, the government implied they belonged to at least 500 people. It was announced they would be “forensically tested”.
We are still waiting for those results and the list of who the remains belong to.
We are still waiting for those results and the list of who the remains belong to.
The government, both state and federal, were in a continuing attack by human rights groups, such as CADHAC, who stopped working with government agencies after years of being fed inaccuracies, fallacy, and fabrications, in hope to quiet families of the missing and human rights organizations. Many were in the mindset that the 5 springs “search” was nothing more than theater.
Another element that Tamaulipas, Durango and Coahuila have in common is they are all considered as beigng narco news blackout states. News about organized crime is largely missing in the media, or heavily censored.
Note: Thanks to BB contributor 'Dave' for the heads up on this story after hearing it on Imagen radio last night ( Ana Maria Hernadez)
Information used to write the N.L. story was accessed from EFE , other material from Borderland Beat archives.
Note: Thanks to BB contributor 'Dave' for the heads up on this story after hearing it on Imagen radio last night ( Ana Maria Hernadez)
Information used to write the N.L. story was accessed from EFE , other material from Borderland Beat archives.