2011 Durango massacres explained

The 2011 Durango massacres were a series of mass murders that occurred in 2011.[1] [2] According to El Universal and Yahoo! News, at least 340 bodies have been found in mass graves around the city of Durango as of February 2012;[3] [4] These mass graves are the first of their kind in the state of Durango and third of their kind in Mexico. These mass graves had more bodies than the 2011 Tamaulipas massacre of 189 bus passengers.[5] Since April 2011, there have been seven mass graves found around Durango. One of these mass graves was found in a vacant auto repair lot in Durango with 89 bodies.[6] One of the bodies identified was Alfonso Peña, the former mayor of Tepehuanes, Durango.[7]

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  1. News: Ibarra. Richard. Hallan 50 restos más en Durango; suman 322 cuerpos en fosas en 10 meses. 28 February 2012. CNNMexico. 27 February 2012.
  2. (in Spanish) News: Esperanza Gaucín. Rosa. Hallan 50 cuerpos en diciembre, hoy lo informan. 28 February 2012. El Universal. 27 February 2012.
  3. News: Gaucín. Rosa. Encuentran 50 cuerpos más en fosas de Durango; suman 340. 28 February 2012. El Universal.
  4. News: Encuentran 50 cuerpos más en fosas de Durango; suman 340. 28 February 2012. Yahoo! News. 1 March 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120301040341/http://mx.noticias.yahoo.com/encuentran-50-cuerpos-fosas-durango-suman-340-060249403.html. dead.
  5. Web site: Time: Durango's Killing Fields: The Grave in the Garden . 2011-06-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110525012809/http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2072887,00.html . 2011-05-25 . dead .
  6. http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/05/23/mexican-mass-graves-leads-gruesome-discovery/ Fox News: Mexican mass graves lead gruesome discovery
  7. News: Uno de los cuerpos identificados en fosas de Durango pertenece a un alcalde con licencia. 16 March 2012. CNNMexico. 15 March 2012. es.