According to El Financiero, a local Spanish language publication, the bodies were found with several gunshot wounds and signs of violence. The head of the State Attorney General's Office (FGE), Idamis Pastor Betancourt told reporters (translated) "So far I cannot offer information, there are lines of investigation, but I cannot reveal them due to confidentiality."
"All relevant investigations are being carried out. When we have a response and the investigation is complete, we will be in a position to provide more information," he added.
🚨🇲🇽HORROR IN MEXICO: NEARLY A DOZEN STUDENTS FOUND DISMEMBERED NEAR HIGHWAY
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) March 6, 2025
At least nine dismembered bodies, believed to be vacationing students, were found near a highway in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Authorities discovered a blood-covered tarp, a bag containing eight pairs of hands,… pic.twitter.com/Hh0JY9AvON
Independent journalist Mario Nawful reported via X that the bodies were found in “a blood-covered tarp, a bag containing eight pairs of hands, and bodies showing signs of torture and bullet wounds.” He identified two of the victims as Angie Lizeth Perez Garcia, 29, and Lesly Noya Trejo, 21, based on their ID cards.
Periodico Central reported that surveillance footage dated Feb. 24 showed the Ford Fiesta driving along the Atlixcayotl highway, approximately 90 miles west of where the bodies were located by authorities.
As reported by Fox News, the other missing students who haven’t yet been positively identified include Brenda Mariel N., Jacqueline Ailet N., Noemi Yamileth N., Raul Emmanuel N., Rubén Antonio N., and Rolando Armando N., according to local reports.
El Financiero reported that toward the end of February, Pérez and Salas left Tlaxcala in a Ford Fiesta for a vacation in Huatulco. By the 27th, their families had lost contact with the women. By Feb. 28th Raúl Emmanuel González and Noemí Yamileth, both 28 years old, had also disappeared from the beach town of Zipolite.
Puebla’s Secretary of Security Francisco Sánchez told reporters Monday, “There are indications that some [of the] bodies are probably from people there, but we have to wait.”
The investigation is ongoing however, Beatriz Guillén writing for El Pais reported “the case of the young people from Tlaxcala has been caught between the ‘indications’ of the prosecutors’ offices and the ministries of security and government of three states, which try to shift responsibility to their neighbors.”
