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March 17, 2025

Mexican Police Discover Cartel “Extermination Camp” With Three Crematoriums

Authorities found at least three crematoriums with incinerated skeletal remains as well as clothing, hundreds of pairs of shoes, backpacks, IDs and lists of names.

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Mexican police have confirmed the discovery of an “extermination camp” on a ranch in Jalisco, Mexico, that cartels allegedly used to kill missing people.

Warrior Searchers of Jalisco, a group dedicated to finding disappeared people, discovered the site last week at a ranch believed to have been a criminal group’s center of operations. The site was allegedly used to recruit and train people against their will.

The organisation also found at least three crematoriums with incinerated skeletal remains as well as dozens of personal items such as clothing, hundreds of pairs of shoes, backpacks, IDs and lists of names and nicknames.

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Indira Navarro, a representative of Warrior Searchers, told CNN that the existence of these types of “forced recruitment and extermination centers” was “an open secret” but that they had never seen one until an anonymous tip led them to the ranch near Teuchitlán.

Mexican authorities, however, claim that the site was known to them, having been originally discovered in September 2024 during an operation carried out by the National Guard in which 10 people were arrested, two kidnapped people were released, and one person was found dead.