Nine students were missing in southern Mexico last month, they have now been found brutally hacked apart and dumped on a highway alongside a bag filled with their severed hands.
The horrifying remains were discovered inside the trunk of a deserted car in San Jose Miahuatlan, on the border of the Mexican states of Puebla and Oaxaca – 175 miles from Mexico City.
Five of the nine mutilated bodies were found underneath a blood-soaked tarp, while the remaining four were found contorted inside the trunk in what is believed to be yet another savage cartel killing.
Authorities also discovered at the revolting scene that each person had their hands chopped off and stuffed in a bag that was also forced into the trunk already filled with bodies.
Initial reports from Mexican outlets suggested the victims were students, originally from Tlaxcala, who had traveled to the beaches in Oaxaca for vacation.
According to Mexican outlet NVI Noticias, the students were in fact members of the ‘Los Zacapoaxtlas’ criminal organisation.
Mexican media outlets have identified eight of the nine victims so far, naming them as: Angie Lizeth, 29, Brenda Mariel, 19, Jacqueline Ailet, 23, Noemi Yamileth, 28, Lesly Noya Trejo, 21, Raul Emmanuel, 28, Ruben Antonio, and Rolando Armando.
The ninth victim has not yet been identified.
As of Tuesday, no suspects have been named, but the nature of the killing suggests cartel involvement.
