PUERTO VALLARTA (PVDN) – A team of mothers seeking their missing children made a chilling discovery on the outskirts of Puerto Vallarta Saturday afternoon: a skeleton, fragments of bones, and several indications pointing towards a potential site of illegal body disposal.
The area of discovery, located near the road to Viejo el Veladero, close to Los Arcos in El Colorado, has been marked off as a potential crime scene. Following the find, law enforcement personnel cordoned off the area and notified the Prosecutor’s Office to request the support of SEMEFO, the Mexican forensic service, which would take charge of removing and preserving the remains and other evidence found in the vicinity.
The mother searchers, however, expressed their dismay with SEMEFO’s approach. They criticized the agency for failing to conduct an in-depth search and excavation to determine if additional remains were buried in the area.
The grim finding came during a joint search operation involving mothers from both Puerto Vallarta and Guadalajara. The operation, which kicked off along the road to Viejo El Veladero ranch, led to the discovery of not only skeletal remains but other disturbing evidence – handcuffs, hair, women’s clothing, and what they believe to be a clandestine grave associated with drug-related activities.
Among the numerous bone fragments found was a jawbone, a particularly poignant reminder of the personal tragedies involved. The mothers believe they have discovered a site where bodies were presumably ingested, an indication of possible drug-related violence.
“We won’t stop, we need to know,” said one mother, her voice trembling with both determination and heartache. “Our children might be here.”
With resolute tenacity, the search will continue this Sunday as these brave mothers press on, believing there may be more remains concealed in the location. They hope that their endeavors might bring some form of closure to the painful uncertainty surrounding the fates of their children.
SEMEFO personnel have collected the remains, and official records have been updated accordingly. The process of identifying these remains, potentially providing answers to families enduring the torture of not knowing their children’s whereabouts, will now begin.
