Mexico: still more 'narco-fosas' uncovered | World War 4 Report

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Mexico: still more 'narco-fosas' uncovered | World War 4 Report: The narco gangs notoriously prey on migrants passing through their turf, with a series of massacres carried out in Tamaulipas state—the Zetas' heartland, just across the Rio Grande from South Texas. The massacred migrants had presumably refused to serve as "mules" for the Zetas, and the massacres that actually came to light may represent only the proverbial tip of the iceberg. On July 20, Mexico's Institute of Foresnic Sciences (INCIFO) announced that it had completed the identification of 11 bodies unearthed in 2011 from a narco-fosa in San Fernando, Tamaulipas. The victims were found to be migrants from Honduras, and the remains were turned over to Honduran diplomats for return to their communities in the Central American country. A team of forensic anthropologists from Argentina, with experience investigating that country's "dirty war," assisted in the San Fernando investigation. (La Prensa, Honduras, July 20)