Overview
- Madres Buscadoras, which began digging April 25 after an anonymous tip, said Saturday the El Salto site near Guadalajara holds at least 60 bags with human remains and 21 skeletons.
- Searchers reported several whole bodies and many burned fragments, and they said some bags still have soft tissue that suggests recent activity.
- State and federal forces set a perimeter, restricted entry to small groups of relatives, and accompanied the searches at the site.
- Families asked prosecutors to search two nearby properties and to review case files, and the group says it holds leads on 33 suspected sites tied to criminal operations.
- The find points to Mexico’s broader crisis, with more than 133,000 people listed as missing and over 70,000 unidentified bodies in state custody, according to national and human-rights records.