mass graves

Thousands have gone missing since Mexico launched a war on drugs over a decade ago

In recent years, Michoacán has emerged as one of Mexico's most violent states

Thousands of people have died and gone missing since Mexico launched a war on drugs in 2006

The government has said it plans to convert the site into a public park and a museum

On August 24, members of the State Brigade for the Search of Missing People found plastic bags with more than 2,000 bone fragments of hands and feet that belonged adults, adolescents, and children

The government said it would commit USD$21 million to update forensic databases and bring in experts

Mexico has a troubling lack of anthropologists and criminal experts, which makes it hard to identify the bodies

The list Encinas provided did not seem to include the 38 bodies recently found in Guadalajara

When family members whose loved ones are missing heard the news, they contacted the authorities in hopes of finding their family member

There are thousands of families who are suffering, who are demanding answers and actions from authorities but who had to search for their loved ones themselves