The Jalisco State Prosecutor’s Office reported that the forty-five bags containing human remains that were found down the steep slope of a ravine in Guadalajara “match the physical characteristics of some of the young people missing employees of the call center.”
Seven call center employees were reported missing between May 20 and 22 in the metropolitan area of Guadalajara, in the state of Jalisco in western Mexico.
Forensic experts have yet to determine the number of victims and their identities.
The Jalisco Institute of Forensic Sciences is working with the families of those missing to determine the identification of the human remains.
The country has been troubled by an epidemic of disappearances with more than 100,000 Mexicans and migrants still missing.
More than 1,500 bodies have been found in Jalisco state since 2018, official figures show. According to the office of the Jalisco’s special prosecutor for missing persons, 291 bodies were discovered in 2019, 544 bodies were found in 2020, 280 bodies in 2021, and 301 the following year. So far in 2023, 147 bodies have been found.
