A total of 55 bodies were extracted from a mass grave in Guerrero State, this being the most important find of its kind in Mexico, announced Monday that the Public Ministry of State located in the south and ravaged by war between drug cartels . Common grave was discovered in a vent of a mine 100 feet deep, one week ago, the tourist village of Taxco. "On Saturday evening, the total number of corpses recovered from the pit was 55," said the press conference Albertico Guinto Sierra, spokesman for the Prosecutor of Guerrero. Search operations were "over," he added. Only four bodies have been identified with certainty, among them is the director of a prison. Authorities believe that the pit was used by the mercenaries of cartels to get rid of their victims. Identifying the other 51 victims could take three to four weeks, according to authorities. The corpses were deposited in this pit in the last six months, investigators estimated. The police continued their search in wells near the mine in Taxco, where neighbors reported a fetid smell, said the prosecutor. About 50 families were presented to authorities in Guerrero to request information about the bodies extracted from this pit, because they fear that some of their relatives missing in recent months could figure among them, said Albertico Guinto. Guerrero State, situated on the Pacific Ocean, is used as a transit zone for cocaine and heroin imported from South America, which are then exported to the United States, the first global consumer of narcotics. Drug cartel war has killed around 23,000 people in Mexico from Felipe Calderon the presidency, despite the mobilization of over 50,000 troops across the country.

[Mediafax.ro]