More than 50 bin bags of human remains were found after a dog was spotted with a severed hand in its mouth. The horror discovery was made in Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico.
Bibian Mendoza noticed the dog with the disembodied hand between its jaws and followed the animal, the Daily Star reports. It led him to a mass grave of 53 bin bags full of body parts – all while an international arts festival was taking place in the area.
Mendoza, the founder of a women's collective searching for missing persons, said: “While people from all over the world were celebrating the Cervantino festival (an international arts festival in the area), we were digging up bodies, and at the same time I thought it was useless because they were burying more people elsewhere.
The gruesome find was initially made in October, with the remains having since been exhumed and analysed. It is believed experts are currently working with authorities to identify the victims.
Between January and September this year, Guanajuato has had more than 2,400 murders and roughly 3,000 disappearances. In the last two months alone, 50 people have been shot in the street.
Officials claim most of its crime issues are drug related, with several cartels operating in the city. It is also part of the “fentanyl and cocaine routes,” security expert David Saucedo said.
Politicians have vowed to make the area safer for residents, however Mendoza said: “Seeing bodies lying in the streets with messages is something new for us.
"I hate hearing the (state) governor say that he is going to deliver a safer Guanajuato.
“I hate hearing the president (Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador) say that what is happening is not his fault.”
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