According to media reports, nine students who were reported missing were found dismembered on a highway in Mexico. Four women and five men were discovered in Tlaxcala, Mexico, on Sunday, March 2. The State’s Attorney General, Idamis Pastor Bentacourt, says he cannot offer much information at this time because of the lines of investigation. He was also unable to identify some of the victims. Two could be identified because their ID cards were on them when they were found.
The Oaxaca Attorney General previously identified Angie Lizeth P.G. as Angie Lizeth Perez Garcia, who was traveling in a Ford Fiesta with a Yucatan license plate alongside Brenda Mariel Salas Moya, later found alive in Puebla. Tetla city official Yolanda Carrillo Garcia recognized Leslie N.T. as Lesly Noya Trejo, expressing condolences to her family. The Attorney General also reported Raúl Emmanuel González Lozano and Noemà Yamileth Lopez Moratilla, both 28, as missing; they were last seen in an Audi with Guerrero plates in San Pedro Pochutla on February 28.
An abandoned dark gray Volkswagen Vento with Tlaxcala license plates was found on the Cuacnopalan-Oaxaca highway near San Jose Miahuatlán in Puebla, where several bodies were discovered. Among the missing is Jacqueline Ailet Meza, who disappeared on February 28 while in Zipolite. Her mother claimed on Facebook that Jacqueline was “taken” and expressed concern for her two young children, aged 5 and 3, who are “waiting for her.” Four bodies were reportedly found in the trunk of the car, along with a blood-stained tarp and a bag containing eight pairs of hands, according to reports. The investigation is still pending.
