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Ovens and bone fragments – BBC visits Mexican cartel ‘extermination’ site

The gates to the Izaguirre Ranch look much like any others you might find in the state of Jalisco. Two prancing horses on the front perhaps a nod to the surrounding cattle-grazing and sugarcane fields.

Yet what lies behind the black iron doors is allegedly evidence of some of Mexico’s worst drug cartel violence of recent times.

Following a tip-off about the possible location of a mass grave, an activist group of relatives of some of Mexico’s thousands of disappeared people went to the ranch, hoping to find some sign of their missing loved ones.

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