The prosecutors’ office in the Mexican state of Sonora says five people have been arrested in connection to 60 bodies found in a rural area west of the state capital earlier this year.
The Sonoran prosecutors’ office says it has returned the remains of sixty men whose bodies were discovered in January and February of this year.
In a statement, the office says investigators found the individuals were killed due to “organized crime score-settling,” and that all of the bodies have been identified through scientific testing.
The prosecutors’ office says five people have been arrested in association with the killings, and two more have warrants out for their arrest.
The case was originally reported by a group of civilians dedicated to locating missing individuals in the area and picked up by local media, prompting the Wednesday statement from the state’s top prosecutor.
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Cattle from Mexico have been barred from the United States for most the past year to prevent the parasite from entering. Ranchers in Sonora say this method was a mistake. -
Mexico’s foreign secretary says 14,000 Mexican nationals remain in immigration detention in the United States as Mexico pursues consular and legal action. -
The move comes after a nearly yearlong ban of Mexican cattle into the United States to protect against the New World screwworm parasite. -
The San Luis port of entry from Sonora, Mexico, is Arizona’s westernmost border crossing, and could see delays for four to five months starting later this month. -
No cases of the flesh-eating New World screwworm parasite have been reported in Arizona, but USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in the state has recommendations for ranchers to protect against it.
