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| Death toll in 2011 Coahuila massacre as high as 2,500 |
| 2014-04-30 |
| Background on the massacre can be found here. Spanish Language article which appeared in El Diario de Coahuila, can be found here. The Coahuila state attorney reported yesterday an error in calculation of remains discovered in the "massive search" conducted in January. It was reported at that time that the human remains were of up to 500 people, but the actual number, according to the Coahuila state Ruben Moreira administration, is 2500. Governor Moreira is the brother of the shamed former Coahuila governor and National PRI president Humberto Moreira. The former governor was named by Forbes as one of the most corrupt of 2013. Though the results never proven, the highly touted January search was conducted in northern Coahuila in the Five Springs area and other cities such as Monclova, AcuĂąa and Piedras Negras, where locations of mass murder atrocities and narco fosas are known to exist. At the time of the search, it was reported by the state that state of the art equipment and elite forces would be utilized, used to comb the 50 thousand square kilometers in 12 days. With what appeared to be cursory search team of soldiers. An amazing miracle of accomplishment. At the end of the 12 days, the state announced they would conduct DNA studies. Many questioned the integrity of that statement. The state refrained from labeling the vast difference in number of remains discovered as a mistake of calculation. It just slipped the revised numbers sans explanation into the press release. The attorney general issued the statement in reference to "DNA" studies, saying the human remains totaling 2500 were collected and studied, but that nearly 89% of the remains were damaged due to incineration, and consequently too damaged to be tested. In other words, there are 2000 remains more than 3 months ago. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #2 It would certainly cut down on the I-10 traffic from Indio on Monday mornings. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-04-30 20:20 |
| #1 Read this "Coachella massacre" and wondered how I missed it. |
| Posted by: Harcourt Pelosi6474 2014-04-30 10:20 |