Gruesome scenes as nine missing students are found dismembered on side of major highway near a bag of hands after disappearing on vacation
Nine students who mysteriously vanished while on vacation in southern Mexico last month were found dismembered on the side of a highway next to a bag of hands.
The horrifying remains of the students’ bodies were discovered inside the trunk of an deserted car in San Jose Miahuatlan, on the border of the Mexican states of Puebla and Oaxaca – 175 miles from Mexico City.
Five of the nine missing students’ remains were found underneath a blood-soaked tarp, while the remaining four were found inside the trunk.
Authorities also discovered inside the trunk of the abandoned vehicle, a pair of hacked off hands along with a bag with eight additional pairs of hands.
Of the nine students, five were men and four were women, all were believed to be aged 19 to 30 years old, El Financiero reported.
The vacationers, originally from Tlaxcala, were first reported missing on February 27, after they reportedly traveled to the beaches in Oaxaca.
Days later, on March 2, a dark gray Volkswagen Vento with Tlaxcala license plates was discovered along the high-trafficked Cuacnopalan-Oaxaca highway, according to Periodico Central.
Among the victims believed to have been identified are: Angie Lizeth, 29, Brenda Mariel, 19, Jacqueline Ailet, 23, Noemi Yamileth, 28, Lesly Noya Trejo, 21, Raul Emmanuel, 28, Ruben Antonio, and Rolando Armando.
The horrifying remains of the students’ bodies were discovered inside the trunk of an deserted car in San Jose Miahuatlan, on the border of the Mexican states of Puebla and Oaxaca – 175 miles from Mexico City. Pictured: Authorities search the trunk of a deserted car in San Jose Miahuatlan
Five of the nine missing students’ remains were found underneath a blood-soaked tarp, while the remaining four were found inside the trunk. Pictured: Onlookers capture the scene unfolding along the side of the high-trafficked Cuacnopalan-Oaxaca highway
Days later, on March 2, a dark gray Volkswagen Vento with Tlaxcala license plates was discovered along the high-trafficked Cuacnopalan-Oaxaca highway
The ninth victim however has yet to be ID’d.
As of Tuesday, no suspects have been named.
The Attorney General’s Office in Puebla is collaborating with its other local law enforcement agencies in Tlaxcala and Oaxaca in a widespread effort to catch the grisly killers.
So far, authorities have tracked down surveillance footage from February 24 showing the vehicle driving along the Atlixcayotl highway near the town of Atlixco about 90 miles west of where the students’ remains were found, Periodico Central reported.
The Puebla State Attorney General’s Office is unable to divulge any additional information, citing confidentiality concerns.
Of the nine students, five were men and four were women, all were believed to be aged 19 to 30 years old, El Financiero reported. Pictured: Jacqueline Ailet Meza Cazares
Authorities have tracked down surveillance footage from February 24 showing the vehicle driving along the Atlixcayotl highway near the town of Atlixco about 90 miles west of where the students’ remains were found
The Puebla State Attorney General’s Office is unable to divulge any additional information, citing confidentiality concerns
The crime-riddled country saw the most violent year in its recent history. Pictured: Lesly Noya Trejo
‘So far I cannot offer information. There are lines of investigation, but I cannot reveal them due to confidentiality,’ Idamis Pastor Betancourt, head of Puebla’s State Attorney General’s Office, said at a press conference Monday.
‘All relevant investigations are being carried out. When we have a response and the investigation is complete, we will be in a position to provide more information,’ he added.
The crime-riddled country saw the most violent year in its recent history, according to Semafor. Over 30,000 murders were committed in 2023, according to the most recent figures.
Many of the slayings were tied to drug trade.
