MADRID, 5 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Mexican authorities have found the bodies of six people who were in three clandestine graves in the town of Zitácuaro, Michoacán, 150 kilometers from the country’s capital.

The six victims, who have not yet been identified, have been transferred to the Forensic Medical Service, as reported by the Michoacán State Attorney General’s Office, which has announced the start of an investigation in this regard to clarify the facts.

A specialized unit moved to the scene, where, at first, the bodies of two men were found. “Three meters away they appreciated a point of removed earth, so that when carrying out an excavation they could locate the body of a third victim,” the statement reads. After that, a mass of earth was located in which there were three other men.

According to the Mexican news agency Reforma, Michoacán has registered a violent start to the year, with the murder of 23 people.