Mexico Continues to Find Mass Graves as Violence Continues

Mass graves continue to turn up as Mexico continues to deal with its image of lawlessness. News outlets have begun to focus on this side-effect of out of control cartel violence the increasing number of clandestine mass graves nationwide.  Most recently, Mexican news outlets have focused on a news report by the Associated Press. Their report is based on a freedom of information request to the Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office. The response confirms that they have found 60 mass  graves and turned up 129 bodies while searching for 43 education students who were kidnapped and are believed to have been butchered by drug cartels. The shallow graves are typically used by drug cartel members to dispose the bodies of their victims who were either killed in firefights or  were kidnapped and later executed...more