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Families search for clues at mexican ranch where burnt bones were found
Eager to find any trace of their missing relatives, dozens of people visited a ranch in western Mexico on Thursday, where burnt bones were found and which was allegedly used as a training center for a drug cartel.
The relatives entered the property in the town of Teuchtilán (Jalisco state) and examined several items in the hope of finding a clue that might end their years of anguish in many cases.
They inspected handmade weights and dumbbells, leaving candles and photographs of their loved ones, AFP observed.
The families arrived at the ranch after a confrontation with officials from the Jalisco Prosecutor’s Office, who had blocked their access as journalists toured the site along with authorities.
The reporters were invited by the Attorney General’s Office, which is now taking over the investigation due to alleged irregularities in the inquiry being conducted by the local authorities.
“Son, listen, your mother is in the fight!” shouted Alejandra Cruz as she approached the ranch’s door, where a collective searching for missing persons had found burnt bones, along with hundreds of clothes and shoes, on March 5.
Cruz is searching for her 19-year-old son, Julio César Aguayo Cruz, who has been missing since May 31, 2021.
The families fear that the remains may belong to their missing relatives, possibly recruited under false pretenses by a cartel operating in the area, located about 60 kilometers from Guadalajara, the country’s second-largest city.
There are approximately 124,000 missing persons in Mexico, nearly 15,000 of them in Jalisco, according to official records.
International
Six killed, including baby, in armed attack near tourist beach in Ecuador
Six people, including a baby girl about two years old, were killed on Sunday in an armed attack near a tourist beach in southwestern Ecuador, police said. The shooting, carried out with rifles, also left three people wounded.
The incident took place in the coastal town of Puerto López, in the province of Manabí, a popular tourist destination known for whale watching. The attack occurred amid a surge of violence over the weekend that left at least nine people dead nationwide, according to local media reports.
“There are six fatalities and three injured,” Colonel William Acurio, the local police commander, told reporters on Sunday. He confirmed that one of the victims was a baby “approximately two years old.”
Authorities have not released further details about the motive behind the attack or whether arrests have been made.
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Man accused of killing nine in Paramaribo dies by suicide in police custody
The man who killed nine people, including five children, on Saturday night in Paramaribo died by suicide while in custody, Suriname police confirmed in a statement on Monday.
The suspect, identified by the initials D.A., 43, “hanged himself inside a holding cell at the Keizerstraat police station” in the capital, Paramaribo, according to the official report.
Police said the man sustained leg injuries during his arrest and was taken to a hospital before being transferred to the detention facility on Sunday night. Authorities did not provide further details on the circumstances surrounding his death.
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Winter storm disrupts holiday travel, forcing 1,500 flight cancellations in the U.S.
Airlines canceled around 1,500 flights across the United States during the peak Christmas travel season after warnings of a severe winter storm and forecasts of heavy snowfall in the Midwest and Northeast. An additional 5,900 flights were delayed due to adverse weather conditions.
More than 40 million Americans were under snowstorm warnings or weather advisories one day after Christmas. Meanwhile, another 30 million people faced flood or storm alerts in California, where an atmospheric river triggered intense rainfall.
New York City was bracing for up to 25 centimeters (10 inches) of snow overnight, which would mark its heaviest snowfall in four years. Cold weather was expected to persist through the weekend in the nation’s largest city. According to flight-tracking website FlightAware, airports in the New York area recorded about 850 flight cancellations.
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