Mexico's top prosecutor denounces state probe of 'ranch of horror' as outrage grows


Mexico's Attorney General Alejandro Gertz Manero holds a press conference about the investigation of the mass grave found in western Jalisco state, in Mexico City, Mexico March 19, 2025. REUTERS/Henry Romero

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico's top prosecutor said on Wednesday there had been flaws in the investigation of a ranch in the western state of Jalisco, which activists have called a cartel-run "extermination camp," and vowed to uncover the truth of what happened there.

Earlier this month, a group of activists searching for missing loved ones found ashes, thousands of bone fragments, items of clothing, and alleged underground ovens possibly used to cremate bodies at the ranch in Teuchitlan, about 40 miles (64 km) outside Guadalajara, the Jalisco state capital.

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