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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