Overview
- Forensic teams confirmed the identities of Xóchitl Ivette Villar Barrios, 33; Belén Ramos Álvarez, 26; and Jimena Hernández Hernández, 21.
- The remains were found at Rancho Santa Rosalía in Álamo Temapache, where investigators also located weapons and other objects linked to criminal activity.
- A fourth set of remains has not yet been identified, and the property remains under guard by the Veracruz Attorney General’s Office as proceedings continue.
- One victim was identified through distinctive tattoos, and the bodies were first located during ministerial operations on August 18.
- Officials say the discoveries form part of the probe into the kidnapping and killing of retired teacher Irma Hernández Cruz, and the governor said she will await the attorney general’s report.