The discovery made by groups of mothers searching for their missing loved ones in Zapopan has shaken the country. Less than 20 kilometers from the Akron Stadium, a World Cup venue, lies a corridor of clandestine graves containing hundreds of bags filled with human remains.
The discovery began when construction workers were digging for a housing development.
The figures are staggering: 290 bags at the Las Agujas site, 89 in Nextipac, and 48 in Arroyo Hondo. José Raúl Servín García, of the Guerreros Buscadores de Jalisco (Searching Warriors of Jalisco) collective, confirmed that these sites have been active since 2018.
In an interview with the local press, he denounced the state government for trying to expedite the work to “appear normal” before the international sporting event.
The Jalisco Institute of Forensic Sciences faces serious problems: families wait years for identifications, DNA samples are lost, and they recently released the remains of a young woman who had been in their facilities for 11 years.
Meanwhile, Mexico prepares to receive millions of tourists in a state with more than 14,000 missing persons.
The contrast is stark: months before the world’s national teams set foot on that pitch, entire families continue digging under the scorching sun, searching for their loved ones. In Jalisco, the hope of thousands remains literally buried.
Source: Reporte Indigo
