8 dead bodies found in Cancun, the 2nd grim discovery this month
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Police initially found 5 dead bodies inside a reservoir filled with water, but as they searched the surrounding area, they turned up 3 more bodies nearby.
Authorities in Cancun, the crown jewel of Mexico’s tourism industry, have discovered eight dead bodies dumped close to each other in the city, less than a month after four people were found dead near a beachside resort in the hotel zone.
Local outlet Riviera Maya News reported that the bodies of five adults were found inside a reservoir filled with water on an abandoned property, citing state prosecutor Óscar Montes de Oca.
The bodies were likely dumped there between one week and two months ago, he said. Three of the five dead have been identified as people previously reported missing.
As police were searching the surrounding neighbourhood of Alfredo V. Bonfil over the weekend, they discovered the skeletal remains of three more people in a wooded area.
Montes de Oca pledged to the families of missing people on Monday that the state of Quintana Roo, where Cancun in located, will continue to carry out more searches and work to identify all of the deceased.
More than 112,000 people are listed as missing in Mexico, and searches for clandestine gravesites have become common throughout the country. What is unusual is that they are now being carried out in Cancun, an international tourist destination that has enjoyed a reputation of relative safety.
The body dumping grounds are often used by drug cartels to dispose of bodies of their victims. Several cartels are fighting for control of the Caribbean coast and its lucrative retail drug trade.
The bodies were found in a neighbourhood about 15 kilometres from Cancun’s beach and hotel zone, but relatively close to the resort’s airport.
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