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Authorities find 4 bodies outside Mexico City while searching for a missing American

Authorities are working to identify the remains as prosecutors investigate the couple's May disappearance and have made arrests in the case.

  • Mexican authorities are trying to identify four bodies found near Mexico City during the search for a missing married couple who vanished in May while living between Chicago and Mexico City.
  • An official from the State of Mexico prosecutor's office said his department found the bodies after receiving a request for help from investigators in Mexico City.
  • Mexico City prosecutors are investigating the disappearance of Zafar Padamese Mawani and Guillermo Jafett Hidalgo Ortiz and have made arrests related to the case.
  • Mawani is a 56-year-old U.S. citizen, and both Mawani and Hidalgo Ortiz lived between Chicago and Mexico City.
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Authorities find 4 bodies outside Mexico City while searching for a missing American

Mexican authorities were working Friday to identify four bodies found on the outskirts of Mexico City as part of the search efforts to locate a married couple who disappeared in May while living in Chicago and Mexico, a local prosecutor told The Associated Press.

·New York, United States
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Zafar Padamsee Mawani and Guillermo Jaffet Hidalgo Ortiz traveled from Chicago to the city of Tlalpan to participate in a business meeting. Their relatives lost all contact with them on May 20.

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Mexican authorities found four bodies near Mexico City and analyze whether two correspond to an American couple missing for almost a month, a judicial source told AFP on Friday. Forensic experts examine the bodies found in a grave in a wooded area near Mexico City for identification.Zafar Padamsee Mawani and Guillermo Jafett Hidalgo were last seen on May 20.The couple moved from Chicago to a suburb of Mexico.Media reported that the finding occur…

In Mexico, authorities investigate the discovery of four bodies in clandestine graves in a forested area known as La Marquesa. The case could be related to the disappearance of Zafar Padamsee Mawani and Guillermo Jafett Hidalgo Ortiz, who recently moved from Chicago to Mexico. The American couple was reported missing on May 20 in the Tlalpan area of Mexico City.

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Telemundo Chicago broke the news on Friday, June 19, 2026.
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