Overview

• Forensic experts have analyzed 323 of the 383 bodies found at Plenitud, with 27 preliminarily identified and six fully confirmed by name.
• Two operators, including the crematorium’s owner and an employee, are detained on suspicion of illicit handling of remains.
• Nearly 800 families have registered fraud claims after receiving urns containing animal ashes or nonhuman material.
• The State Human Rights Commission and the state legislature have launched formal inquiries into health regulator and Coespris oversights.
• Search warrants executed on at least two properties linked to the owner aim to gather further evidence of the facility’s misconduct.