Three identified in Atotonilco de Tula grave
Original reporting: Azteca Noticias
What happened
Hidalgo’s acting prosecutor confirmed that two victims’ remains had been returned to families after three of five bodies were identified. Forensic examinations continued at the burial site in the community of Texas.
Reporting and context
Authorities identified three of the five people whose bodies were recovered from a clandestine burial site in Atotonilco de Tula, Hidalgo, and returned two victims’ remains to their families, Azteca Noticias reported.
Francisco Fernández Hasbun, acting head of Hidalgo’s state prosecutor’s office, confirmed that the remains returned for burial were those of a 33-year-old woman from Oaxaca, identified by the initials A. K. E. G., and a man from the municipality of Tula. The report did not name the third identified victim.
According to Hidalgo’s state prosecutor’s office and search commission, as cited by Azteca Noticias, at least two of the people found dead had previously been the subjects of active missing-person notices. Investigative and field work remained open.
The bodies were found on a property in the community of Texas, within Atotonilco de Tula, near the boundary between Hidalgo and the State of Mexico. The state search commission officially confirmed the discovery in an October 14 bulletin following a joint inspection with personnel from the prosecutor’s office. Forensic staff processed the site and recovered the five bodies.
Fernández Hasbun attributed the discovery to continuing searches in the region. He said forensic examinations were still under way to establish the causes of death, determine how long the bodies had been buried and develop leads to identify those responsible.
The state government said it would complete forensic and genetic identification work for the remaining victims and return their remains to their families.
Original report: Azteca Noticias