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Mexico map. – In northern Mexico, authorities discover 12 bodies buried in clandestine graves in Chihuahua state, according to officials on Thursday, December 26, 2024. INQUIRER FILES/STOCK IMAGE
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO — Mexican authorities have discovered 12 bodies buried in clandestine graves in Mexico’s northern Chihuahua state, officials said Thursday.
Authorities discovered 11 graves containing 12 skeletons in Ascension municipality near the US border, the state prosecutor’s office said in a statement.
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Article continues after this advertisementChihuahua has been hit for years by violence linked to organized crime as a route for drug trafficking and the smuggling of migrants to the United States.
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Article continues after this advertisementIt has recorded 3,927 missing persons since 1952, according to official figures. Jalisco and Tamaulipas, the states hit hardest by violence, have recorded more than 13,000 missing persons each in the same period.
The benchmark PSEi dropped by 1.36 percent, or 101.15 points, to end at 7,310.32 while the broader All Shares Index slipped by 0.55 percent, or 22.36 points, to settle at 4,015.16.
Mexico has seen more than 450,000 people killed in drug-related violence since the government deployed the army to combat trafficking in 2006, according to official figures.
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