In less than 72 hours, a group of searching mothers led by Cecilia Patricia Flores Armenta located graves, bones, and voter credentials, in what they called “a clandestine crematorium” in Mexico City.
Through her social networks, Ceci Flores reported on the discovery of children’s and women’s clothing in the limits of Iztapalapa and Tláhuac, however, she reported that alleged authorities prevented her from entering the place.
The Attorney General’s Office of Mexico City began the investigations “due to criminal news” and this Wednesday, May 1, ruled out that the bones found were human, while ensuring that it was not a clandestine crematorium as Ceci Flores pointed out.
Following the information revealed by the Attorney General’s Office of Mexico City and what was stated by the search mothers, EL UNIVERSAL recounted the events.
Ceci Flores receives anonymous call about the location of the “clandestine crematorium”
On Monday, April 29, the founder of the Madres Buscadoras de Sonora collective Cecilia Patricia Flores as well as a group of members of groups arrived to support the relatives of missing people from Mexico City and the State of Mexico.
The searching mothers received an anonymous call alerting them to a clandestine crematorium 4 years ago. The informant specifically told them the coordinates of the place, on a hill south of Mexico City, on the Xaltepec volcano, on the borders of Iztapalapa and Tláhuac.
“We work by calls, whistles from places where there are possibly missing persons. In Mexico City we were alerted that there are 14 points where there are possibly clandestine graves, with bodies of our missing persons, and this is one in which we decided to search by the area in which it is located,” commented Ceci Flores in an interview for EL UNIVERSAL.
Findings in the “clandestine crematorium” by searching mothers
On Tuesday, April 30, they located an area used, which they classified as a clandestine crematorium, where 30 dog corpses were found, as well as bones, as well as credentials, notebooks, clothing and shoes of children and women, on the limits of the Iztapalapa and Tláhuac mayors.
Upon arriving at the site, they observed that the ash was hot, so some volunteers were left without shoes as they melted in the heat of the pit.
Ceci Flores denounced that the National Guard “left them standing” during the two days of work. Furthermore, the Local Search Commission did not give them financial support or tools so that the locators could work, even though they requested security.
“There were several of us who were on top of the hill, some of our classmates had already come down, others were going to go up to see the crematorium and when they still hadn’t gone up, a boy came up to take photos of all of us who were up and down. He took photos of us at our faces and we felt scared, that’s why we left the place,” explained the searcher mother.
As a precaution, the groups left the place to communicate with the authorities, so they coordinated to maintain surveillance and wait for authorities from the National Search Commission (CNB) to arrive in the area.
“We did not post (on social media) that we found the remains of a baby because the remains were stolen from us. We found them late and we protected them in the same grave. We arrived, a white van was loading a bucket and we no longer found the remains. We believe that they took them away,” denounced Flores Armenta.
Investigation folders and identification identification in “clandestine crematorium”
The Attorney General’s Office of Mexico City reported that an investigation folder was initiated in the Special Prosecutor’s Office for the Search, Location and Investigation of Missing Persons (FIPEDE) for criminal news after the complaint from the search mothers.
During the search, an INE credential was located in the name of Laura Angélica, residing in the State of Mexico, and a school credential from a Primary School in the Tláhuac mayor’s office.
Elements of the State of Mexico Police interviewed Laura Angélica, who said that approximately a year ago, while she was driving in her private car on Periférico and Eje 6 in Mexico City, she was the victim of robbery; In that incident, they stole her cell phone, inside which she had her INE. She said she was fine.
In addition, the PDI established communication via WhatsApp video call belonging to the parents of the minor whose credential was found at the scene.
The father responded, commenting that they threw away some of his children’s notebooks, not knowing if the credential found had been misplaced in a book or notebook. In addition, he confirmed that his son is in good health, is not missing and has been integrated into his family at all times.
They block access to Ceci Flores and searching mothers in “clandestine crematorium”
On Wednesday, May 1, Cecilia Flores reported that alleged authorities prevented access to the search area in the possible clandestine crematorium. She reported that she was detained, forced out of her vehicle, and threatened to take it away.
“A few minutes after arriving at the place where we are going to meet with media and authorities to go again to the crematorium that we just found, we are detained by authorities, they want to take away the two vehicles in which we were traveling.
The Secretary of Government of CDMX, Ricardo Ruiz, maintained that the capital authorities have provided support and are attentive to what the coordinator of Searching Mothers of Sonora, Cecilia Flores, requires in her search work in Iztapalapa, for which he rejected that hinder your work.
Location of 2 thousand bodies in “clandestine crematorium”: Ceci Flores
On Wednesday, May 1, through his X account, formerly Twitter, Flores Armenta reported that more than 2,700 bodies have been located in the ravine approximately 100 meters deep.
“I know what death smells like and how you caress the bones that turn into ashes of someone who once breathed. We don’t need you to study the bones of the dogs, cats and lizards stuck in the ravine that is 100 meters deep,” he wrote.
They ask for tools to continue working in “clandestine crematorium”
The leader of the search mothers of Sonora Cecilia Fores requested support so that someone could present them with a backhoe for a few hours, because an anonymous person mentioned that the bodies were found there.
The group of search mothers is in Zapotitlán carrying out work with picks and shovels that they brought, however, they have limited resources.
“A backhoe is urgently needed, with about 4 or 5 hours it can finish doing all the work that we have done in 3 days, we cannot give up.”
CDMX Prosecutor’s Office: skeletal remains located are of animal origin
The 14 bone elements found in the area of the “clandestine crematorium” are of animal origin, reveals the Capital Prosecutor’s Office.
The Capital Prosecutor’s Office ruled out that those they found were human bones.
Ulises Lara, in charge of the FGJ office, says that it is not a clandestine crematorium.
