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Don’t miss our weekly town hall. 9 people found dismembered along highway in Mexico: reportsby JESSICA A including several who were dismembered and believed to be missing students allegedly vacationing in Mexico The publication identified them as four women and five men between the ages of 19 and 30 saying they were all originally from Tlaxcala While the deaths are shrouded in mystery, The Daily Mail reported José "EL Jocha" Lavarieg who the media outlet described as "an aspiring mayor-turned-gang leader," committed "a cardinal sin in the Mexican criminal world" that led to the murders The Daily Mail said Lavarieg was also found dead the media outlet said Lavariega recruited the students to "commit a wave of muggings and thefts." as a gang that operates in Oaxaca felt Lavarieg "overstepped the line" on rival turf El Financiero reported the students were all shot Marathi | Hindi 2025 14:45 IST2025-03-06T14:43:59+5:302025-03-06T14:45:10+5:30 The vacation of nine students ended in a horrific discovery as their severed bodies were found alongside a Mexican highway were located in an abandoned vehicle's trunk and under a blood-soaked tarp near San Jose Miahuatlan a bag with eight pairs of severed hands was also found Two more hands left in the trunk reported Periodico Central while the other five corpses were left under the tarp.The bodies found in the trunk belonged to four women and five men aged between 19 to 30 They reportedly have signs of bullet wounds and torture Most of the victims have been identified: Angie Lizeth went on a vacation to Mexico from Tlaxcala and reportedly went missing on February 27 when they travelled to the beaches in Oaxaca for a vacation A dark grey Volkswagen Vento with license plates registered in neighbouring Tlaxcala was discovered on Sunday afternoon around 150 miles southeast of Mexico City Video surveillance footage taken February 24 shows the vehicle driving along the Atlixcayotl highway near the town of Atlixco about 90 miles west of where the students’ remains were found Periodico Central said.While the suspects are yet to be named the nature of the killings and the brutality suggest cartel involvement You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browser to improve your experience Police found the remains of four women and five men in Mexico Sunday,who were reportedly students vacationing the bodies were found in the municipality of San José Miahuatlán Investigators discovered the dismembered bodies, believed to belong to missing students vacationing in Oaxaca, Mexico, near a highway. They found body parts from at least nine people inside and around an abandoned car covered by a blood-stained tarp, El Financiero reports They also located a bag containing eight pairs of hands but I cannot reveal them due to confidentiality,” Idamis Pastor Betancourt the head of the State Attorney General’s Office Central Puebla Irreverente reports that police identified only two of the bodies through their ID cards: Angie Lizeth P.G. missing from Santa María Huatulco in Oaxaca since Februay 28 missing from San Pedro Pochutla in Oaxaca on the same day Betancourt indicated that all of the victims have not been publicly identified According to FOX  News Digital, other missing students included Brenda Mariel N. a gray Volkswagen Vento with aTlaxcala  license plate around 90 miles west of the site where police found the bodies “When we have a response and the investigation is complete we will be in a position to provide more information,” Betancourt added For the latest true crime and justice news, subscribe to the ‘Crime Stories with Nancy Grace’ podcast Join Nancy Grace for her new online video series designed to help you protect what you love most — your children. [feature Photos: Lesly Noya Trejo and Angie Lizeth Perez Garcia/ The Attorney General of the State of Oaxaca Attorney General for Missing Persons from Tlaxcala.] Listen to the Crime Stories with Nancy Grace podcast Watch Crime Stories with Nancy Grace on YouTube CHANNEL FINDER: Watch Crime Stories with Nancy Grace on your TV The bodies of five men and four women who had gone missing after a trip to Huatulco, in the state of Oaxaca, were found along a highway by Mexican authorities According to local reports the nine bodies showed signs of torture and were found dismembered in the municipality of San José Miahuatlán The nine people had been reported missing since Feb 27 but it wasn't until three days later that authorities were able to locate their bodies head of the State Attorney General's Office said at a press conference that there was no information yet regarding how events unfolded but I cannot reveal them due to confidentiality," she said "All relevant investigations are being carried out. When we have a response and the investigation is complete, we will be in a position to provide more information," Betancourt added, as reported by PEOPLE According to Central Puebla Irreverente only two of the bodies were able to be identified by authorities via their ID cards: Angie Lizeth Perez Garcia The Oaxaca Attorney General's Office said in a Facebook post that Perez Garcia had been traveling in a Ford Fiesta with Yucatán license plates accompanied by Brenda Mariel Salas Moya who had also been reported missing but was later found alive in the state of Puebla The abandoned vehicle where the deceased individuals were discovered was found along with a tarp full of blood stains Four of the bodies were reportedly found in the vehicle's trunk and the bloodied tarp was discovered inside the Volkswagen Vento along with five more bodies Officials also reportedly recovered a bag with eight pairs of hands Billal Rahman is an immigration reporter based in London He specializes in immigration policy and border security He has uncovered allegations of misconduct among border agents under investigation and exposed claims of abuse at ICE-run detention centers in the U.S He joined Newsweek in 2024 from The Independent He has covered the British Post Office scandal and the conflict between Israel and Hamas he studied Journalism in Edinburgh and then worked for STV News before moving to London in 2022 You can contact Billal at b.rahman@newsweek.com either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content feared to be those of missing students vacationing in Mexican state of Oaxaca were discovered beside a highway on Sunday The remains were found inside and around an abandoned car according to El Financiero and Periodico Central A bag containing eight pairs of severed hands was also recovered Mexican Cartels are infamous for amputating hands of victims The bodies had bullet wounds and visible signs of torture The car was located in San José Miahuatlán ID cards found at the scene matched missing people Angie Lizeth Pérez García (L) and Angie Lizeth P.G. who was reported missing from Santa María Huatulco in Oaxaca on February 28 Others reported missing include Brenda Mariel N. Chilling CCTV footage captures the last known sighting of the group on February 24 The friends were seen driving along the Atlixcayotl highway near the town of Atlixco approximately 90 miles west of where the remains were later discovered The gruesome discovery of their bodies came on the same day that José Alfredo who had previously run for mayor in Oaxaca's Huatulco resort area 'That's what you get for being a thief,' NVI Noticias reported Authorities have not confirmed the discovery of the bodies is cartel-related; the manner of the killings could suggest criminal organizations were involved driven by the high stakes of drug trafficking and organized crime employs ruthless tactics—from mass executions and brutal dismemberments to widespread kidnappings—to assert their power Homicides in Mexico declined last year to the lowest level since 2016 according to preliminary 2023 official data a 6.7 percent decline on the 33,287 recorded in 2022 the head of Puebla's State Attorney General's Office but I cannot reveal them due to confidentiality All relevant investigations are being carried out When we have a response and the investigation is complete we will be in a position to provide more information." Investigations into the discovery remain ongoing Newsweek is committed to challenging conventional wisdom and finding connections in the search for common ground Newsletters in your inbox See all This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Some of the students were reported missing from beaches on Mexico's Pacific coast at the end of February  Attorney General of the State of Oaxaca Facebook; Attorney General for Missing Persons from Tlaxcala Facebook Attorney General of the State of Oaxaca Facebook You don't have permission to access the page you requested What is this page?The website you are visiting is protected.For security reasons this page cannot be displayed The survivor of an attack where a group of beachgoers were intercepted and killed in the Mexican state of Puebla provided details of how the incident began Local press reported that Brenda Mariel N. in which nine people were killed and several of them dismembered said she and another victim had left a hostel when they were intercepted but what seemed to be a local police car were beat and placed a hood on their heads before separating them from where she managed to reach a city and report the crime Jacqueline and eight other people were killed The nine bodies showed signs of torture and were found dismembered in the municipality of San José Miahuatlán The bodies were found in an abandoned vehicle along with a tarp full of blood stains and the bloodied tarp was discovered inside the Volkswagen Vento along with five more corpses who were seemingly not part of a same group had been reported missing since February 27 CLICK HERE for High School Football Scores OAXACA, MEX - Nine bodies, believed to be missing students on vacation, were discovered dismembered on the side of a highway in Mexico earlier this week, according to local reports. Authorities said the remains of four women and five men were found in an abandoned Volkswagen Vento in San José Miahuatlán were reportedly missing before the discovery A tarp covering five bodies and a bag containing eight pairs of hands were found inside the vehicle with two additional hands located in the trunk They had been traveling to the beaches in Oaxaca to celebrate their graduation Officials have not confirmed the identities of the victims head of the State Attorney General’s Office said authorities would release further details once the investigation is complete Two of the victims were identified as women who had been reported missing in Oaxaca on Feb was last seen traveling with Brenda Mariel Salas Moya in a Ford Fiesta with Yucatan plates Salas Moya was initially reported missing but was later found alive in Puebla was identified on Facebook by a city official from Tetla The missing individuals ranged in age from 19 to 30 and had all traveled to beaches in Oaxaca Authorities have not determined whether they knew each other View Past Issues indie web and mobile news platform with a local audience larger than all the San Angelo TV stations Advertising here can transform your business We understand that seeing some stories may be difficult for some readers Our goal as a news organization is to report on matters of public interest with accuracy and fairness While we recognize that certain stories can be sensitive or unsettling we are committed to providing transparent and factual reporting to keep our community informed If there are specific inaccuracies or additional context you believe would enhance the story, we encourage you to share those with us for consideration. 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Contact us here Dom Joly is Leading Britain's Conversation The remains were found in an abandoned vehicle in San Jose Miahuatlan on the border of the Mexican states of Puebla and Oaxaca In what is believed to be the latest savage killing by Mexico’s drug cartels five of the victims were found in the car under a blood-stained tarp while the other four were stuffed into the boot of the car eight pairs of hands were found in a bag dumped at the scene with a further two hands in the boot of the car had signs of torture and were found with bullet wounds The group went missing on February 27 after travelling to the beaches of Oaxaca for a holiday Initial reports suggested the group were all students however other reports have emerged in Mexico that they were members of the 'Los Zacapoaxtlas' criminal organisation Read more: China says it is ‘ready for war’ with America as Trump tariffs come into effect Read more: Russian warship spotted in Channel escorting 'sanctioned' cargo ship carrying weapons 'for Ukraine frontline' Eight of the nine victims have been identified so far: Angie Lizeth head of Puebla's State Attorney General's Office “All relevant investigations are being carried out we will be in a position to provide more information,” he added See more Latest World News See more Latest News See more World News See more More Topics The students' bodies were found in the boot of a car in San Jose MiahuatlanNine students have tragically been found dismembered by the side of the road along with a 'bag of hands' after they vanished on holiday Officers made the gruesome discovery in southern Mexico at the weekend after the group of friends went missing during a trip to celebrate their graduation who had believed they would be found alive were found in the boot of an abandoned car on a rural road between Puebla and Oaxaca around 175 miles from Mexico City on Sunday According to Mexican newspaper El Financiero initial assessments showed bullet wounds and signs of torture on their bodies and two more hands turned up in the car's boot As reported by the Mirror, the group had been travelling to the beach before when were first reported missing in February. CCTV footage capturing the last time they were seen alive on February 24 showed their car driving along the Atlixcayotl highway near the town of Atlixco around 90 miles west of where their remains were eventually found while the Attorney General’s Office in Puebla said it is working with colleagues in Tlaxcala and Oaxaca to follow up lines of enquiry died while on the holiday trip to celebrate graduationArticle continues belowAt a press conference on Monday the head of Puebla’s State Attorney General’s Office said: "So far I cannot offer information we will be in a position to provide more information." The murder rate continues to climb in Mexico, which saw 30,000 people killed in 2023, the most recent year for available data. It marked the most violent year in the country’s recent history, with the majority of the killings connected to the drugs trade. Tap to enable a layout that focuses on the article Print reporting from MIAHUATLAN Mexico — When it’s time to distill their mescal Apart from a cat nap and a small break here and there the second- and third-generation mescal producers stay by their still washing and rewashing the components between batches and hauling fermented maguey to the vessel a centuries-old distillate of agave consumed predominantly by Mexicans It’s stirred and shaken by mixologists from New York to San Francisco to Berlin which derives from the traditional methods that artisans like Manuel and Victor still utilize The father and son have met some of these enthusiasts before they turn off onto dirt roads edged with the pale green maguey destined for distillation Though the value of Victor’s business has boomed Victor’s own father worked as a day laborer for another mezcalero then scrimped and saved until he could rent a piece of property left school in fourth grade to help his father it was better to work than go to school,” he says says he owes his own knowledge to his father’s careful eye and everything comes out perfectly,” he said Foreigners are pulled here by the drink itself but they also come because they wish to witness the creation of mescal a process far more complex than can be fathomed from thousands of miles away Here they learn not only the sticky smell that hangs over production — heavy and sweet like roasting squash bathed in syrup — but also its sounds tastes and the variations in method from one family to the next terrain and fermentation method leave a thumbprint on each batch Artisans are committed to using many types of maguey some of which grow wild and can take 25 years to reach maturity There’s no easy way of catching up to demand — just plant maguey now and wait a massive hole has been dug out of the earth to be used as an oven when the maguey is ready to be cooked 1/12 Manuel Ramos Sanchez harvest a mature maguey to produce mescal in Miahuatlan 2/12 Victor Ramos Lucas plows with bulls as he prepares to plant more agave 3/12 Victor Ramos Lucas packs maguey that has been roasted crushed and fermented into a bucket along with fermented maguey juice 4/12 Natalia Sanchez Bustamante prepares breakfast while Victor Ramos Lucas talks about mescal production 5/12 The sun rises as Victor Ramos Lucas walks through his new baby maguey plantation 6/12 Manuel Ramos Sanchez bottles distilled mescal 7/12 Manuel Ramos Sanchez replants a small maguey after it has been uprooted by wild animals 8/12 Victor Ramos Lucas sits in the shade in front of his home after spending a long afternoon harvesting maguey for mescal production 9/12 Manuel Ramos Sanchez and Victor Ramos Lucas stand in front of their maguey plants an essential ingredient in their mescal production 10/12 Manuel Ramos Sanchez creates bubbles in the distilled mescal as a way to inspect its quality 11/12 Distilled mescal pours out into a funnel 12/12 Natalia Sanchez Bustamante prepares lunch There’s the task of journeying into the hillsides surrounding the palenque to search for wild maguey — be it the tobala or tepeztate variety — ready to be harvested and carved down to its piña the heart that’s revealed when the spines are cut back Victor and Manuel use a large stone wheel to crush the cooked maguey a task accomplished with the strength of two bulls Mezcaleros use all manner of vessels for fermentation — barrels a bar and mescal education center in Oaxaca a type of mescal usually made for celebrations in which the distiller hangs a raw chicken breast over the batch as it ferments a glimpse of this in person revealed a chicken looking not so raw anymore and chipped away from the bone when the distiller gave it a few hard taps Iguana and octopus are sometimes used in its stead take a whiff and see whether you detect alcohol or the deep scent of roasted maguey a bit like a pumpkin pie in the oven at Thanksgiving you can trust your drink was not watered down or mixed with inferior product look for pearl-like bubbles that hang around for a few seconds holding half a coconut shell out to collect the freshly distilled mescal then sucking it up through a reed and blowing it back again into the shell to agitate he ensures the bubbles are forming properly and the alcohol content is still up to his standard Mescal production has been changed by modern “conveniences,” Victor was quick to point out The shadows of bats danced on the walls as they dive-bombed mosquitoes there was no electricity to light the long nights whereas today a large cistern saves a few steps Victor says mezcaleros once used woven baskets to transport the slosh of fermented maguey into the still The plastic buckets he uses today are more precious than they appear just a large stone hammer and the force of his body to crush tons of maguey Another change profoundly affects the final product: Victor now elects just a single variety out of two dozen or so types of maguey when he makes a batch Foreign consumers want to taste a karwinski or cuixe as they would a Chardonnay or Pinot Grigio As Victor walks his bulls around and around and it was one of the few ways men and women could meet one another A young man would spot a woman from far away and write her parents a letter with a request for marriage Did the letter contain certain personal information A description of why he should be considered a worthy husband “You looked at the way he worked in the field if he was a hard worker.” If the answer was yes the women took care of the goats and when her parents weren’t around you’d try to talk to her.” But one thing that hasn’t changed is the time and care it takes to produce mescal the way Victor’s father taught him So he and Manuel get by with little sleep until the 12-night process is through many mezcaleros are trying to establish their brand But father and son don’t have a name for their mescal drive to Miahuatlan and ask around until you find the right dirt road In Brazil’s 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