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Cartel Denies Extermination Claims Amid Missing Persons Crisis

3/19/2025

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The Jalisco New Generation cartel has vehemently denied claims of running a mass extermination site on their ranch, despite the discovery of human remains and cremation ovens. Attorney General Alejandro Gertz is urging an investigation into potential local government complicity. Meanwhile, families of over 120,000 missing individuals in Mexico are left in anguish, fearing their loved ones may have fallen prey to cartel brutality.

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The Jalisco New Generation cartel has vehemently denied claims of running a mass extermination site on their ranch, despite the discovery of human remains and cremation ovens. Attorney General Alejandro Gertz is urging an investigation into potential local government complicity. Meanwhile, families of over 120,000 missing individuals in Mexico are left in anguish, fearing their loved ones may have fallen prey to cartel brutality.