Mexico: Bodies of 5 Students Found Dead Inside a Car in Celaya

An abandoned vehicle was discovered in the violence-wracked city of Celaya in Mexico and five young men were discovered inside, all of them already dead by the time the discovery was made.

According to Mexico News Daily, the abandoned car was discovered last Sunday on a dirt road near the Celaya-Salvatierra campus of the University of Guanajuato. However, the five dead students discovered inside the vehicle were not students of the school but were rather from the Universidad Latina de México, which is also located in Celaya.

Residents from the Crespo neighborhood in Celaya were the ones who made the gruesome discovery before reporting it to authorities. It was the Mexico National Guard who arrived at the scene and found that all five students suffered gunshot wounds to their heads.

Authorities also revealed that there were other signs of violence in their bodies and that the victims were aged 25 to 30. Their bodies were soon taken to a government morgue in Guanajuato, with an investigation into their deaths being launched by the Guanajuato Attorney General's Office (FGE), which soon vowed to find and arrest the suspects responsible for the students' heinous murder.

Investigations Into the Deaths of the 5 Mexico Students Launched

Mexican newspaper, Milenio, reported that authorities managed to collect "various pieces of evidence" at the site and these pieces of evidence, as well as the bodies of the victims, are now being analyzed in forensic laboratories in Guanajuato state, considered the most dangerous state in Mexico.

Guanajuato Governor Diego Sinhue Rodríguez Vallejo announced that he has instructed state security authorities to "implement an exhaustive operation with the support of federal and municipal authorities to reinforce security in the region and arrest the culprits as soon as possible."

Gov. Rodriguez also stated that State Secretary Jesus Oviedo will be responsible for maintaining close contact with the families of the victims killed in this tragic incident and giving them all the support that they need.

Unnamed sources also told the Mexican newspaper that all five victims were medical students. Their families are now given legal representation and advice by the local state government, as well as paying for funeral expenses.

Celaya a Site of Cartel Violence in Mexico

The deaths of the five Universidad Latina de México students is just the latest act of violence in the gang-riddled city of Celaya, which is home to several drug cartels all vying for control of the city, as well as routes to traffic illegal drugs across the US-Mexico border.

The local Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel has been in control of the area for a long time, However, the infamous Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) has been trying to make a foothold in the state and muscling in on Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel territory. This resulted in gang warfare and violence, with civilians and police often getting caught up in the crossfire.

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Written by: Rick Martin

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