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Topilejo Search Finds Human Remains, Officials Say Likely Two People

City forensic labs are testing the bone elements to establish their age, the number of victims, their identities.

Overview

  • Grassroots collectives reported 31 bone fragments recovered since December 5, including a skull, three tibias and ribs.
  • Mexico City’s search commissioner confirmed more than 20 elements and said the context indicates the remains likely correspond to two individuals.
  • Laboratory analyses by the FGJ CDMX and the ISPCF are underway to determine temporality, the exact victim count and potential identifications.
  • The recovery site is near the México–Cuernavaca federal highway at El Cantil on the Xochimilco side of the Mirador Topilejo area.
  • Families, independent experts and city agencies are working with collectives in steep terrain that required rappelling to access.