Overview
- Police identified the victims as Kevin (15), César (17), Yovany/Giovani (17), and Diego Javier (20).
- The youths were found bagged and dismembered outside the textile market at kilometer 45.3 of the Morelia–Salamanca highway in Cuitzeo.
- Families recognized and reclaimed the bodies at the Forensic Medical Service (Semefo).
- According to investigative reports, the group was kidnapped, tortured, mutilated, and abandoned, with two minors reportedly seized while riding a motorcycle in Jeruco.
- Three victims had registered residence in Cuitzeo, and authorities say diligencias continue as a separate dismembered man found on Jan. 5 remains unidentified.