US EditionAt least 16 bodies found in clandestine cemetery near Mexico’s Cancun
At least 16 unidentified victims were found in a clandestine grave with five more forensic sites pending investigation, highlighting organized crime risks in the region, officials said.
- On Monday, Mexican authorities reported discovering a clandestine grave site in Leona Vicario, Quintana Roo, near Cancun, with at least 16 remains and five forensic points still under examination, Quintana Roo Attorney General Raciel López Salazar said.
- Organized-Crime activity in the coastal corridor, driven by drug sales and migrant flows, has long affected the coastal region of Quintana Roo, though clandestine burials are rare compared to Jalisco, Michoacan, Tamaulipas and Veracruz.
- Investigators found skeletal remains in 10 different locations on the property, covered with cement and quicklime; a March 2023 shooting of a U.S. tourist in Puerto Morelos highlights local violence.
- Authorities warned on social media to avoid spreading false information, with Quintana Roo authorities urging people not to damage the region's image and the U.S. State Department advising caution at Cancun resorts.
- With Cancun receiving about 10 million visitors in 2024, the discovery raises concerns in this major tourist market and highlights Mexico's crisis of more than 133,000 registered missing persons.
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Mexican authorities reported on Monday the discovery of a site that was used as a clandestine cemetery in Puerto Morelos, in a town near Cancun, in the state of Quintana Roo. Up until now, in this alleged illegal cemetery, the remains of some 16 people were located, who have not yet been identified. As explained by the prosecutor of Quintana Roo, Raciel López Salazar, the clandestine land was in the town of Leonora Vicario, 42 kilometers west of…
Raciel López Salazar, prosecutor of Quintana Roo, reported that there are 16 bodies located in a clandestine grave found last week at a Sac Loc ranch in Leona Vicario, municipality of Puerto Morelos.
The remains of at least 16 people have been found at a property in the town of Leona Vicario in Mexico, authorities in the country said, according to the AP. Among other things, buried skeletal remains were found covered in cement. It is relatively common for buried or hidden remains of crime victims to be found in Mexico, but not in the state of Quintana Roo, where Leona Vicario is located.
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