Mexican authorities confirmed on Tuesday June 6 that the human remains found in 45 sacks in the state of Jalisco are those of eight people who have been missing since late May.
The mystery that has been floating in Zapopan for a week has finally been solved. Mexican authorities confirmed Tuesday, June 6, that the human remains found in 45 bags left at the bottom of a ravine in Jalisco state correspond to eight call center workers missing since late May.
“The evidence (…) confirms that these are the young people who worked in a call center in Zapopan and were reported missing,” the Jalisco state government assured in a statement, based on the report by forensic experts supported.
Thanks to the first investigation results, the federal government indicated that the call center was involved in various illegal activities such as real estate fraud and telephone fraud.
The victims, two women and six men, were in their 30s and have been declared missing by their respective families after being last seen between May 20 and 22. The remains of their bodies were discovered near where they worked.
15,000 missing in Jalisco state since 1962
This Tuesday, the Jalisco public prosecutor’s office announced that 27 bodies had been discovered on May 25 in the municipality of Tlajomulco de Zuniga, which, like Zapopan, is also in a suburb of Guadalajara. Investigators were able to identify eight of the bodies found.
In 2021, nearly 70 bags containing the human remains of 11 people were discovered in Tonala, near Guadalajara. Between December 2018 and April 2023, 1,573 bodies were found in 136 separate clandestine graves. More than 15,000 people have gone missing in the state of Jalisco since 1962.
These multiple disappearances “result from the decision by the Jalisco Cartel – New Generation (CJNG) in 2015 to expand its borders. They invaded Michoacán, Jalisco, and moved toward Zacatecas and other parts of the country,” analyzed David Saucedo , specialist in security issues. At the head of the cartel, Nemesio Oseguera, nicknamed “El Mencho”, was hounded by the United States with a $10 million reward for his capture.
Since the start of a nationwide military operation to combat drug trafficking in December 2006, Mexico has recorded more than 340,000 murders and about 100,000 enforced disappearances.