On Wednesday, the Attorney General of Mexico, Alejandro Gertz, said that the authorities of the State of Jalisco neglected their investigation into a ranch linked to a notorious drug cartel, but swore to discover what happened there.
By promising to discover the truth, Gertz provided a litany of irregularities in the state survey.
State authorities have not tested human remains on the site or correctly identified the clothes and shoes found there, said Gertz. They also did not record evidence or fingerprints and did not treat the vehicles found in the ranch, three of which were then stolen.
Local authorities did not investigate the ownership of the Ranch, did not scientifically analyze the so-called crematorium locations and did not investigate the local officials linked to the Ranch activities, he said.
“If the prosecutors (state) … have committed a type of irregularity … We will do everything necessary to establish this responsibility for … the whole chain of command,” said Gertz whose office was ordered to resume the investigation by President Claudia Sheinbaum.
Gertz also said that Jalisco officials had not alerted the federal authorities – as was the standard procedure – even if the National Guard was involved in the September 2024 operation which initially discovered the camp.
Jalisco’s warriors discover a “extermination camp” in Teuchitlán
March 5, A group of activists looking for missing relatives found ashes, bone fragments, clothing and personal items In Izaguirre Ranch just 60 kilometers from the state capital Guadalajara, six months after being provided by state authorities.
The discovery of what seemed to be underground ovens has led to speculations that the site may have been used to cremize bodies, which made the headlines on “an extermination camp” in a “horror ranch”.
The reports shocked the nation itself Collectives of mothers and relatives have looked for dear missing Since the creation of the first chapter “Buscadoras” in 2009.
The government recognized that there were around 115,000 people who disappeared in Mexico, largely following the violence of the drug.
Most cases are never resolved and researchers were often Criticized by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (2018-2024) which was accused of having tried to artificially reduce the official number of disappearance. This caused a deep distrust of the authorities on the part of those looking for their loved ones.
Sheinbaum’s ayotzinapa?
The discovery of mass pits is not uncommon in Mexico, with reported results In the states of Guanajuato And Warrero as well as In the northern border town of Reynosa Or Another alleged extermination camp was found a few days before the news of the Teuchitlán Ranch.
The possibility that the Ranch near Teuchitlán is a systematic extermination camp caused a deep feeling of horror, although Gertz said that the evidence concerning the crematoriums are not conclusive.
The scandal threw a shadow on the emerging administration of President Sheinbaum, who is committed to suppressing violence and reducing homicides during its inauguration of October 1.
During his press conference Thursday morning, Sheinbaum said that the case “would not become my Achilles heel”.
His commentary was caused by media speculation that Teuchitlán could become his “ayotzinapa”, referring to the disappearance of 43 students in September 2014 and the failure of the federal authorities to adequately resolve the case. Activists commemorated the 10th anniversary of Ayotzinapa Last September, just a few days after the Teuchitlán ranch was found for the first time by the authorities.
Research collectives emit a scathing response to the reforms of the missing people of Sheinbaum
On Monday, Sheinbaum promised that his government “will not tolerate the construction of half-truths or lies” on the Teuchitlán affair, while announcing six “immediate” actions against the crime of disappearance.
Research groups and rights experts told the Associated Press that Sheinbaum’s measures were already reflected in current or past laws with few new concepts to advance the needle.
In addition, activists and research groups fear that the Teuchitlán investigation will be poorly managed, although Gertz said that his office provided for access to the members of the public and journalists.
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