2 ex-Mexican police officers arrested over alleged cartel killing site where bones, shoes were found
- Two former Mexican police officers were arrested for their alleged connections to the Izaguirre Ranch, where bones, shoes, and clothing were found, according to authorities.
- The site was first uncovered in September 2024, and a search conducted in March 2025 unearthed clothing and bones.
- The United Nations Human Rights Office deemed the findings in Jalisco a "deeply disturbing reminder of the trauma of disappearances linked to organized crime across the country."
- Reports indicate that organized crime is responsible for most of the 30,000 yearly homicides in Mexico, highlighting the widespread issue of missing persons.
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RIO DE JANEIRO. The discovery of a drug cartel death camp has sparked protests across Mexico. A group of relatives of missing people has found ovens on a ranch where more than a hundred people are suspected of being burned. One piece of evidence is a pile of abandoned shoes.
The ‘Mexican Auschwitz’ is just the beginning: Violence and silence are the norm in Jalisco
No one can get the image out of their heads: hundreds of abandoned shoes, discarded clothes, backpacks, nail polish, toothbrushes... These are some of the items that were found at the Izaguirre ranch in Teuchitlán, one of the many training camps used by organized crime to recruit young people.Seguir leyendo
One of the men was identified as Gabriel J. The Jalisco Prosecutor's Office explained that the former municipal police officer of Tala was captured for his alleged involvement in the forced disappearance of a man, who was deprived of his liberty in the Rancho Izaguirre and was later released.
Guadalajara, Jal., Two former policemen of the municipality of Tala were arrested because they were allegedly related to the criminal activities committed at the Izaguirre ranch in Teuchitlán; with them there are three uniforms from that locality of the Valles region who are in the custody of the authorities, accused of participating in the deprivation of liberty and handing over persons to those responsible for the narcocampament for training a…
Authorities in Jalisco arrested a former Tala police officer, who would be related to the Izaguirre ranch in Teuchitlán, the state prosecutor’s office reported. “By arrest warrant Gabriel J., a municipal police officer in Tala, who is being investigated for his alleged involvement in the forced disappearance of a man, who was deprived of his liberty in the Izaguirre Ranch and was later released,” the unit said in a statement. According to inform…
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