How high-tech tools, and pigs, could help in the search for Mexican drug cartel victims

A specialist examines crawling creatures collected from clandestine graves as part of a research project to help locate missing people, in Guadalajara, Mexico, Friday, July 11, 2025. — AP

ZAPOPAN, Mexico: First the scientists dress dead swine in clothes, then they dispose of the carcasses. Some they wrap in packing tape, others they chop up. They stuff the animals into plastic bags or wrap them in blankets. They cover them in lime or burn them. Some are buried alone, others in groups.

Then they watch.