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| Tijuana: Remains found in new ‘Pozolero’ site |
| 2011-04-05 |
| Federal investigators on Monday found human remains on an isolated country house perched on a hill where a confessed criminal said he disposed of as many as 60 bodies, a leading activist said. prolific lil guy! After two days of excavation, investigators for SIEDO, the federal agency that targets organized crime, found the remains in a clandestine grave inside the property, said Fernando Ocegueda, a leader in a citizens’ organization that represents the families of 234 people who disappeared. The uninhabited property, covering about 3,000 square meters, is located in the eastern, semi-rural neighborhood called Loma Bonita. Ocegueda said that human tissue also was found in a 55-gallon metallic drum inside a small warehouse where it’s believed the criminal, Santiago Meza, dissolved bodies sent to him. The small building, which Tijuana firefighters had to vent, is located on the same property. Whew! Meza, who was nicknamed “El Pozolero,” or stew maker, was arrested by the Mexican military in January of 2009 in a home near Ensenada. He confessed to authorities that he had dissolved the bodies of some 300 victims on orders of drug traffickers supported by the Sinaloa cartel. |
| Posted by:Frank G |