Nearly 400 decomposing bodies have been found piled on top of one another on the ground of a non-public crematorium in Mexico.
As a substitute of being disposed of according to their families’ wishes, corpses were as an alternative ‘stacked’ in random rooms throughout within the constructing housing the crematorium in Ciudad Juarez, near the US border at El Paso.
Eloy Garcia, communications coordinator of the Chihuahua state prosecutor’s office, said the bodies had mostly been ‘just thrown like that, indiscriminately, one on top of the opposite, on the ground’.
Some are believed to have been dead for as much as 4 years. All were embalmed as they might typically be for a funeral, however it is unclear why they didn’t happen.
Cesar Jauregui Moreno, attorney general within the state of Chihuahua described the horrendous scene inside as ‘Dantesque’, invoking the writings of the Italian author who described a journey through hell.
Up to now, some 383 bodies have been recovered from the ability which ‘were deposited irregularly within the crematorium, which weren’t cremated’, Mr Garcia told AFP.
Of those, 218 were men, 149 women and 16 whose gender has not yet been determined. The bodies of 4 children, including two newborns, were recovered from the piles.
Authorities have been capable of discover 15 by name, while 4 more were identified through tattoos or amputations.
He said the deceased’s next of kin got ‘other material’ as an alternative of their loved one’s ashes.
Gloria Criollo, 54, was among the many relatives of 89 families who went to the state prosecutors office to ask concerning the bodies found.
She told the El Paso Times: ‘I’m already excited about what they gave us, because they gave us ashes.
‘The emotional distress experienced by the family, the perception of inadequate treatment, is deeply concerning. We’re in a state of uncertainty.’
Mr Garcia suggested the grim discovery was a product of incompetence on the a part of the owners, quite than malice.
He said they seem to have underestimated their ‘each day cremation capability’, adding: ‘You’ll be able to’t soak up greater than you may process.’
Prosecutors are reportedly considering charges of mistreatment of corpses and potential fraud for denial of services.
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