Overview
- Search teams retrieved the remains between October 31 and November 3 from a shaft known as the Cueva del Murciélago/Cueva del Diablo in Aquiles Serdán.
- Authorities confirmed the identification of Jair Núñez Gandarilla, 40, as one of the victims.
- The case centers on four men from Durango who vanished on October 30, with their GMC Sierra later found burned at kilometer 208 of the Chihuahua–Delicias highway.
- Forensic specialists are rehydrating fingerprints with genetic testing to identify the remaining victims, and operations continue to determine whether more bodies are present.
- The recovery involved state investigators, forensic services, the local search commission, civil protection, the army and municipal police, reflecting an ongoing regional problem that has seen 33 bodies recovered from abandoned shafts since 2019.