Summary: A mass grave containing more than 250 human skulls was uncovered in Veracruz, Mexico. It was most likely the victims of drug cartels over the years, authorities said. It could be the largest in Mexico, state attorney general Jorge Winckler told CNN affiliate Televisa. The remains appear to be victims of organized crime violence killed in recent years. The identification process has been slow and complicated, Winckler said, but authorities are working to match the skulls using information on the database of missing people. He did not say when the mass grave was discovered, but some of the skulls were found with the help of members of Colectivo Solecito, a group of mothers and other relatives of the missing. For more than two years, the group has searched for their loved ones at the Colinas de Santa Fe area, near the Veracruz harbor. Martha González, who's part of the group, said she will finally get closure. "They give us just the bones, but at least I can have them, I can keep it some place where it won't be rained on, where I can put a flower on it."
Analysis: This article was published by Faith Karamini from CNN on March 15, 2017. She uses a third person point of view to convey an unbiased point of view. Additionally, I had absolutely no preview knowledge of this topic, so this article made me realize how important our relations with Mexico are. This article was written for any citizen of North America. This massive massacre affects us all. It was published for an informative purpose of enabling the people to learn more about what is happening in Mexico. This extremely high rate of crime is extremely dangerous and needs to be prevented immediately. This entire article could synthesize directly to the concentration camps during World War Two in the Holocaust. Over 6 million innocent Jews were slaughtered in these camps and most were piled upon eachother in massive graves such as the one found in Mexico.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/15/americas/mexico-mass-grave-skulls-found-veracruz/index.html
This is so sad but thankfully the families will get closure
ReplyDeleteI hope the bones are identified as quickly as possible so that the people can know who is still missing or not.
ReplyDeleteHow sad. Thankfully they were returned.
ReplyDeleteThis is very heart breaking but I hope the fossils that were found can lead to new discoveries in science.
ReplyDeleteIt's crazy how long it can take for something this big to be discovered, but now that it has been brought to the light, it proves to be useful.
ReplyDeletehopefully the bones will be identified soon! Your synthesis really emphasizes the terror of things such as this one!
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