Mexico’s attorney general has vowed to uncover the truth about what happened at a suspected drug cartel training ground where charred bones, shoes and clothing were found earlier this month.
The Attorney General of Mexico, Alejandro Gertz told a news conference, following international calls for a transparent investigation that the extensive evidence meant that the truth would be revealed about the grisly discovery at a ranch in the western state of Jalisco.
Gertz, whose office is preparing to take over the case, listed multiple flaws in the initial investigation overseen by the Jalisco state prosecutor’s office, including a failure to thoroughly search the site.
The top prosecutor revealed that he would investigate whether the irregularities were the result of incompetence or a possible connection between authorities and criminals.
Recall that the ranch was searched last September following clashes in the area between the military and the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, one of Mexico’s most powerful and violent drug trafficking groups, just as the Jalisco state prosecutor’s office reported that it found skeletal remains at the time.
This month, a group of families searching for people who have disappeared discovered more buried bones, dozens of shoes, and other objects that apparently went unnoticed during the initial search.
Similarly, the United Nations Human Rights Office last week called for thorough, independent, impartial and transparent investigations into the apparent crimes.
