KABUL: (Middle East Press) Mexican authorities are investigating a mass grave of about 105 unidentified bodies of crime victims in a central Mexico, officials reported on Friday.
Javier Perez, state prosecutor said that the dead corpses were discovered in a small, indigenous community in the state of Morelos, which has one of the highest kidnapping rates in the country.
In Mexico, morgue workers normally prepare bodies of unidentified people to be buried in common graves. They wrap them in plastic bags and label them with a case file number for any later identification.
According to Perez, the common graves must have official permits for the burials but this site was not authorized.
The officials are being investigated for dereliction of duty and violation of laws covering the burial of cadavers, the prosecutor’s office said in a statement.
It did now specify how many officials are being investigated, or how long the mass grave is believed to have been in use.
The mass grave was discovered following a search by the family of a man who was kidnapped and killed in 2013.
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