Thread: 33 bodies found in backyard in Mexican border city

33 bodies found in backyard in Mexican border city
Associated Press
Mar. 14, 2008 06:41 AM

MEXICO CITY - Mexican investigators found 19 more bodies buried in the backyard of a house in Juarez, across the border from El Paso, Texas, increasing the tally of corpses found there to 33, officials said Thursday.

Federal agents began digging in the yard in the La Cuesta neighborhood on March 1, initially finding six dismembered bodies, Mexico's federal attorney general's office said in a statement.

The remains date back about five years and all but three apparently are males, the statement said.

The attorney general's office did not say how the victims died or who may have buried the bodies. In the initial raid, authorities found 3,740 pounds of marijuana in the house.

Ciudad Juarez has been plagued by violence as Mexico's crackdown on powerful drug cartels stokes turf wars among traffickers that have been linked to hundreds of killings in the past two years.

Cartels frequently use "safe houses" in border cities to store drugs, house gunmen and dispose of dead rivals.

In the nearby state capital Chihuahua City last month, federal agents found six bodies buried in a shallow grave at a house allegedly used by the Juarez cartel.

In January 2004, police unearthed a grave containing 12 bodies in a Juarez backyard.

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Oh those bad boys from South of the Border are at it again

Could some of these be the bodies of some missing Americans? Those drug cartel members must have a death wish with the way the bodies pile up in Mexico...

I don't think the drug cartel is scare of anything especially the USA.

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Mexican Cops Find 36 Bodies in Border City Backyard
Saturday, March 15, 2008

MEXICO CITY — Mexican officials said Saturday that 36 bodies were found buried in the backyard of a house in a city across the border from El Paso, Texas, and they believe that number represents the final tally.

Mexican federal agents began digging behind a Ciudad Juarez house allegedly used by the Juarez drug cartal two weeks ago after receiving an anonymous tip, officials said.

In the raid, investigators found 3,740 pounds of marijuana in the house. They initially found six dismembered bodies, but as excavations proceeded the tally rose.

On Saturday, the Attorney General's office said in a statement that a total of 36 bodies had been found in 16 pits in the house's yard. The previous estimate had been 33. Officials did not provide details on the three new bodies.

The statement said investigators are done excavating behind the house in La Cuesta neighborhood and they believe there are no more remains to be found.

The remains date back about five years and all but three apparently are males. The statement said investigators were still trying to determine how the victims died and who buried the bodies.

Ciudad Juarez has been plagued by violence as Mexico's crackdown on powerful drug cartels stokes turf wars among traffickers that have been linked to hundreds of killings in the past two years.

Cartels frequently use "safe houses" in border cities to store drugs, house gunmen and dispose of dead rivals.

In January 2004, police unearthed a grave containing 12 bodies in a Ciudad Juarez backyard.

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