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Caribbean-Latin America
Death in Durango: Toll in Mass Graves Rises to 119
2011-05-05
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Eleven more bodies were uncovered at a third gravesite in Durango, Durango Wednesday bringing the total dead found in three gravesites to 119, according to Mexican news reports.

The new find near the Centro de Bachillerato Tecnologico Agropecuario Numero 4 (CBTA 4) agricultural college in the Vicente Suarez colony in Durango city consists of 10 men and a female.

The Durango attorney general's office (FGE) reported Wednesday that more than 230 individuals have contacted the FGE about missing relatives, but so far no DNA tests have been performed on the bodies recovered thus far.

The Durango FGE, Hector Vela Valenzuela said that DNA tests in Durango could be problematic because the Durango state forensic lab had not yet been fully funded or staffed.
A much better reason than most...
Vela Valenzuela hinted in remarks published in Milenio that some of the work may be sent to Mexico City, which is also a problem due to the great amount of forensic work from some of the 183 dead sent there from Tamaulipas because of security concerns.

Reports say a find last weekend in Durango city of nine plastic bags containing human bones may tip the total find to more than 130 dead.

Previous reports said that a number of other sites in Durango were under investigation, bot no reports have been published on those other investigations.
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