Mexico City Mass Grave Bodies Identified

{{Thirteen bodies have been recovered from a mass grave near Mexico City, five of which are remains of young people kidnapped in the capital in May, officials said.}}

“The remains of 13 people were recovered,” federal prosecutor Renato Sales told reporters on Friday, adding that forensics tests revealed the identities of five of the victims.

Officials said DNA tests would continue to identify the eight other “badly decomposed” bodies.

The grave was discovered on Thursday on a rural ranch in Tlalmanalco, east of the capital.

The five are among 12 young people who were kidnapped from a downtown bar three months ago in a case that has shocked the capital and marred its image as an oasis from drug cartel violence.

There was no immediate explanation about how the 13th body was related to the kidnapped youths.

Officials had earlier reported the discovery of seven bodies on a ranch adjacent to a park 30km southeast of Mexico City.

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