19 bodies found in mass grave in Mexico
A demonstrator hangs a placard at a sit-in protest near the Los Pinos presidential residence after activists took part in a march to mark the 14-month anniversary of the disappearance of the students from Ayotzinapa College Raul Isidro Burgos, in Mexico City, Mexico November 27, 2015. (Henry Romero/Reuters)
Demonstrators take part in a march to mark the 14-month anniversary of the disappearance of the students from Ayotzinapa College Raul Isidro Burgos, in Mexico City, Mexico November 26, 2015. Hundreds of activists marched on Thursday in Mexico City to demand justice for 43 students who disappeared over a year ago in the southwestern state of Guerrero. The placard reads "We are missing 43" and "Where are they". (Daniel Becerril/Reuters)
MEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities on Tuesday said they found 19 bodies buried in a mass grave in the southwestern state of Guerrero, where last year 43 students were kidnapped and apparently massacred.
The unidentified bodies, some of which had been burnt, were buried at the bottom of a 1640-foot deep ravine in Chichihualco, a town northwest of state capital Chilpancingo, a spokesman for the local prosecutor's office said.
The bodies were first discovered last week, he added.
Guerrero is one of the most violent states in Mexico, where more than a dozen drug gangs are fighting to control poppy production and other criminal enterprises.
