Mexico’s Izaguirre ranch: ‘High concentrations of ash’ suggest the presence of clandestine crematoriums
A study, to which EL PAÍS has had access, identifies alterations at the Jalisco site where relatives of missing persons have reported discovering huge quantities of bones
A study conducted by researchers from the Mexican government’s Secretariat of Science, Humanities, Technology, and Innovation, to which EL PAÍS has had access, has identified “high concentrations of ash” and hydrocarbon smoke at the Izaguirre ranch in Teuchitlán in Jalisco in 2019, years before its links to criminal activities were discovered. In recent weeks, the Mexican executive, led by President Claudia Sheinbaum, has indicated that the ranch was used as a training center for the criminal group Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) and has also revealed that the group killed and tortured people there.
