Tag: graves
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59 bodies found in Mexico hidden graves
Celaya, Mexico, Oct 29 (AFP/APP):The bodies of at least 59 people were found in hidden graves in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato, government authorities said Wednesday. Guanajuato is one of Mexico’s most violent states, with its wealth and extensive energy infrastructure drawing in the attention of criminal gangs. “The vast majority of the bodies,…
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Mexican investigators find 31 bodies in secret graves
Guadalajara, Mexico, Nov 22 (AFP/APP): Investigators have found 31 bodies hidden in clandestine graves outside Mexico’s second-largest city Guadalajara, authorities in violence-torn Jalisco state said Thursday. The work of uncovering the clandestine graves began earlier this month after authorities secured a 3,400 square foot (320 square meter) plot of land in Tlajomulco, a suburb of…
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2,600 year old couple graves discovered in central China
WUHAN, Aug 7 (XINHUA/APP):Two ancient couple graves belonged to the nobility of the Zeng State nobility have been unearthed in central China’s Hubei Province, local authorities said Wednesday. The provincial archaeology institute said the two graves were located in the Zaoshulin Graveyard in the city of Suizhou, dating back to the middle of the Spring…