Sinaloa State Attorney General Marco Antonio Higuera talks to the media, about the detention of suspects involved in a case of missing Australian surfers, during a news conference at the state prosecutor's office in Culiacan, Sinaloa December 4, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A Mexican official on Monday identified charred bodies found in a camper van as two Australian surfers missing since last month in a state infamous for narcotics gangs.
A burnt-out van belonging to one of the Australians was found in the northwestern state of Sinaloa in late November with two charred corpses inside. Officials ran DNA tests to identify them.
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