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It is suspected the exectuions were the act of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG and Matazetas) CJNG is the group that were responsible for executing and dumping 35 persons in Boca del Rio, Veracruz, in September 2011.
In their narco banners left at the scene, the declared the dead to be Zetas, it was later found that none had a history of narco crimes and none were found to have links to any organize criminal groups.![]()
Source: ElTiempo, Proceso ![]()
The General Attorney of Justice of the Mexican state of Veracruz confirmed the discovery of 14 dismembered bodies found in plastic bags and abandoned in the town of Alamo Temapache, Veracruz, located north of the state, in the region known as “huasteca veracruzana”.
The bodies were abandoned in a Nissan white truck bearing the license plate WJ-09836 of the state of Tamaulipas. Of the 14 victims two are reported to be women, one in her 40s.
In their narco banners left at the scene, the declared the dead to be Zetas, it was later found that none had a history of narco crimes and none were found to have links to any organize criminal groups.
The discovery occurred at dawn today, according to radio stations of the northern part of the state that borders the state of Tamaulipas.
The newspaper Notiver published in his edition of this Tuesday that the discovery was of 17 bodies; however the PGJE identified 14 bodies.
The discovery of the bodies occurred on the federal road on the stretch knows as Alamo-Potrero del Llano.
A citizen’s call activated the police, Army and Marines with an intense mobilization in the town of Alamo Temapache.
The job of the Director of Expert Services started daybreak of Tuesday and concluded before noon today, after determining that the human remains belonged to 14 people.
Just last Monday, Governor Javier Duarte (at left) had requested hotel entrepreneurs and the public opinion to stop seeing Veracruz as a violent state. He referred that this description made him “sad” but at the same time claimed it to be election tactics due to the proximity of Election Day.
“Let’s talk good about Veracruz. I view with sadness the black campaigns that have much to do with a political calendar. They are trying to make it looks as a violent state, but we have to achieve that Veracruz be a good news”, expressed the head chief after initiating a touristic impulse program at the zone of the high mountains in the city of Cordoba.
