Remains found in new ‘Pozolero’ site

Federal investigators excavating property in eastern Tijuana

Por: Omar Millán 5 Abril 2011 @ 7:20 am
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Tijuana firefighters assisted federal investigators who are searching for human remains on a semi-rural property. David Maung /SanDiegoRed.com

Tijuana. – Federal investigators on Monday found human remains on an isolated country house perched on a hill where a confessed criminal said he disposed of as many as 60 bodies, a leading activist said.

After two days of excavation, investigators for SIEDO, the federal agency that targets organized crime, found the remains in a clandestine grave inside the property, said Fernando Ocegueda, a leader in a citizens’ organization that represents the families of 234 people who disappeared.

The uninhabited property, covering about 3,000 square meters, is located in the eastern, semi-rural neighborhood called Loma Bonita.

Ocegueda said that human tissue also was found in a 55-gallon metallic drum inside a small warehouse where it’s believed the criminal, Santiago Meza, dissolved bodies sent to him. The small building, which Tijuana firefighters had to vent, is located on the same property.

Meza, who was nicknamed “El Pozolero,â€