Mexico probes mass graves containing over 100 bodies
Authorities in Mexico have launched an investigation to examine more than 100 human bodies found in two mass graves in the central state of Morelos.
Prosecutors on Friday announced that they were probing reports that forensic officials illegally transferred dozens of bodies of crime victims from morgues to two mass graves.
"We will review whether [the forensic officials] acted within the protocols required by law," Morelos Chief Prosecutor Javier Perez told reporters.
The remains have yet to be identified and were being kept in morgues of the prosecutor's office, he added.
There were inconsistencies over the exact number of bodies found in the graves. While prosecutors say 105 bodies were found, Morelos’ Human Rights Commission, which launched its own investigation, said more than 140 bodies were dumped in the pits.
The human remains were discovered buried in the southern town of Carrizalillo earlier this week after a member of a drugs gang disclosed the information to police.
Carrizalillo is located 75 kilometers south of the town of Iguala, where 43 students disappeared over a year ago.
The official Mexican government report into their disappearance said that they were captured by corrupt police officers who handed them over to the notorious Guerreros Unidos drug gang.
But after an independent group of experts cast doubt on this version of events, authorities were forced to reopen their investigation last month.
There have reportedly been no links between the bodies investigated by the Mexican government and those of the missing students.
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