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| Tamaulipas Mass Grave Toll Rises to 88 |
| 2011-04-12 |
| For a map, click here. For a map of Tamaulipas, click here. The total dead found in the mass grave in San Fernando, Tamaulipas has risen to 88 as 16 more dead were uncovered based on information provided by an unidentified detainee, according to Mexican press accounts. Nearly all the dead are Mexican nationals taken from a bus hijacking incident March 29th on the highway between Ciudad Victoria, the capital of Tamaulipas and Matamoros, on the US border. The new death toll makes this find the largest mass grave in modern Mexican history. To read Rantburg reports on the Tamaulipas mass grave, click here and here. |
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