Translated by Yaqui for Borderland Beat from El Debate
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The Coahuila Prosecutor's Office identified 37 victims who were assasinated and incinerated by Los Zetas between 2009 - 2012 in the CERESO state prison of Coahuila. Piedras Negras, Coahuila is on the US border of Texas.
Sept 29, 2017: Saltillo, Coahuila.- The Coahuila Prosecutor's Office of the Disappeared have identified 37 victims who were murdered and burned by Los Zetas DTO inside the Piedras Negras penitentiary center, but have yet to identify at least 113 people, as reported yesterday Sept. 28 as reported by the head of the investigative unit; José Ángel Herrera.
"As a result of two stages of investigation, it has been possible to confirm the identity of thirty-seven people who were victims of the crime of disappearance of persons," Herrera said in a press conference.
Sept 29, 2017: Saltillo, Coahuila.- The Coahuila Prosecutor's Office of the Disappeared have identified 37 victims who were murdered and burned by Los Zetas DTO inside the Piedras Negras penitentiary center, but have yet to identify at least 113 people, as reported yesterday Sept. 28 as reported by the head of the investigative unit; José Ángel Herrera.
"As a result of two stages of investigation, it has been possible to confirm the identity of thirty-seven people who were victims of the crime of disappearance of persons," Herrera said in a press conference.
He also assigned the responsibility of 17 persons involved in these crimes, and about 21 arrest warrants were issued, of which only 17 have been complied with, while four are pending.
Information from Proceso:
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The head of the unit stressed that among the results of the investigation that took place on Monday, September 4, 2017: 13 people were arrested, of which only eight were imprisoned and five of them confirmed members of the group "Los Zetas".
Information from Proceso:
The head of the unit stressed that among the results of the investigation that took place on Monday, September 4, 2017: 13 people were arrested, of which only eight were imprisoned and five of them confirmed members of the group "Los Zetas".Herrera also mentioned that the purpose of bringing criminal proceedings against those responsible, it is necessary to obtain 16 additional arrest warrants for the crime of the disappearance of persons.
"Among the 37 victims identified is a family of seven members, including a woman and a minor," Herrera said.
From late 2009 to September 2012, the Los Zetas criminal group has murdered and incinerated at least 150 people in the workshops of the Social Readaptation Center (Cereso) in Piedras Negras.
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The remains of the victims were put in bags and thrown in the channel of the river San Rodrigo. The authorities diverted the river bed to locate the remains in the bags that were thrown.
However, "due to the floods caused by Hurricane Alex, the bags with human remains were washed away by the current and ended up in the Rio Bravo," said José Ángel Herrera.