Searches continue in Mexico where 45 bags of human remains found

Investigations continue in a ravine in the western Mexican State of Jalisco where at least 45 bags with human remains were found during a search for eight people reported missing last week. Jalisco State prosecutor said that the number of bags may increase as the search continues.

The authorities had launched a search for two women and six men, all aged around 30 years, who had been reported missing since around May 20.  The missing person reports for each one had been made separately on different days, but investigators found that they all worked at the same call center.

The call center was in the same area where the human remains were discovered. Mexico has recorded more than 340,000 murders and some 100,000 disappearances, the majority attributed to criminal organizations, since the launch of anti-drug offensive in December 2006.