Overview
- Sonora’s attorney general confirmed through DNA testing that skeletal remains found belong to Marco Antonio Sauceda Rocha, the son of search leader Cecilia Flores.
- The remains were recovered March 24 during a court-ordered search at a ranch north of Ejido Salvador Alvarado, where investigators also collected 11 spent casings.
- Authorities say the property belonged to a now-deceased man alleged to have taken part in Marco Antonio’s 2019 abduction in Bahía de Kino.
- Forensic teams reported using extra steps to draw DNA from degraded bone, including splitting samples in triplicate, an EDTA wash to free material, and three different amplification kits.
- A public wake in Bahía de Kino drew search collectives from several states, and Flores said she will keep looking for her other missing son, Alejandro, as the probe shifts from searching to building a case.