Overview
- Guanajuato prosecutors reported 20 bodies recovered across four sites in Cortazar, including an improvised oven used to burn remains, with counts of 8, 1, 5, and 6 at the locations.
- Fourteen victims have been identified using DNA, dental records, anthropology, and fingerprints, and work continues to name the remaining six.
- In Reynosa, the Amor por los Desaparecidos collective reported a clandestine cemetery with remains of at least ten people, including eight visible skulls and burned bone fragments.
- Soldiers and National Guard secured the Reynosa site as specialized prosecutors, investigators, and forensic teams collected evidence for a criminal case.
- Search collectives drove these discoveries and coordinated with authorities, reflecting cartel violence in the Bajío and 4,339 disappearance reports in Guanajuato in 2025.