Nine students who disappeared on holiday have tragically been found dismembered by the side of the road along with a ‘bag of hands’.
Police in southern Mexico made the gruesome discovery at the weekend after the group of friends went missing during a trip to celebrate their graduation. Searches had gone on for days after the alarm was raised by their parents, who had believed they would be found alive.
But on Sunday, the bodies of the four women and five men, aged 19 to 30, were found in the boot of an abandoned car on a rural road between Puebla and Oaxaca, around 175 miles from Mexico City. Initial assessments showed bullet wounds and signs of torture on their bodies, according to Mexican newspaper El Financiero.
The young victims identified so far are Angie Lizeth, 29, Brenda Mariel, 19, Jacqueline Ailet, 23, Noemi Yamileth, 28, Lesly Noya Trejo, 21, Raul Emmanuel, 28, Ruben Antonio, and Rolando Armando. They are all from the town of Tlaxcala. Police have launched an investigation and are working to identify the ninth victim. Officers also found a bag with eight pairs of severed hands at the scene, and two more hands turned up in the car’s boot, reported local media.
The group had been travelling to the beach before when were first reported missing in February. CCTV footage capturing the last time they were seen alive on February 24 showed their car driving along the Atlixcayotl highway near the town of Atlixco, around 90 miles west of where their remains were eventually found.
Police are yet to name any suspects, while the Attorney General’s Office in Puebla said it is working with colleagues in Tlaxcala and Oaxaca to follow up lines of enquiry. At a press conference on Monday, the head of Puebla’s State Attorney General’s Office, Idamis Pastor Betancourt, said: “So far I cannot offer information. There are lines of investigation, but I cannot reveal them due to confidentiality. All relevant investigations are being carried out. When we have a response and the investigation is complete, we will be in a position to provide more information.”
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