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Mexico violence: Dozens of bodies uncovered in Acapulco Mexico police find dozens of bodies in Acapulco
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Police have found at least 61 bodies in an abandoned crematorium in the Mexican resort of Acapulco, officials say. Police have found 60 bodies in an abandoned crematorium in the Mexican resort of Acapulco, officials say.
Local media report that neighbours became suspicious of the smell late on Thursday and called the police. Local media report that neighbours became suspicious of the smell late on Thursday and called police.
The crematorium had been shut almost a year ago and some of the bodies were badly decomposed, police officials said. The bodies of women, men and children were found "perfectly embalmed" and ready for cremation, officials said.
It is not yet clear whether the bodies found on Friday were victims of organised crime. Police have opened an investigation into crimes including the desecration of bodies and violating burial and exhumation regulations.
The crematorium is in the state of Guerrero, 200km (124 miles) from the town of Iguala, where 43 students went missing in September. The crematorium shut a year ago "due to bankruptcy or failure to pay debts to creditors", the prosecutor's office said on Friday.
"With the failure to cremate the cadavers, federal, state and municipal health laws were broken."
Officials said that they believed the bodies had been prepared for cremation and then left to decompose after the business closed.
Graphic photos of the crematorium show piles of bodies wrapped in dirty sheets on the floor of the building. Local media report that lime had been used over the bodies to try to disguise the smell.Graphic photos of the crematorium show piles of bodies wrapped in dirty sheets on the floor of the building. Local media report that lime had been used over the bodies to try to disguise the smell.
They also suggest that one of the bodies may be a child, but this has not been confirmed. Police have asked local funeral homes to get in touch with them if they had sent any bodies for cremation in the last two years.
"We can't say for now that there is an indication that organised crime participated in this but we can't rule it out," said Guerrero chief prosecutor Miguel Angel Godinez. David Jaimes, whose mother died nine months ago, told AFP news agency that he was concerned that she had not been cremated.
He told Radio Formula that experts were seeking to determine how long the bodies had been left inside the building. "I saw the furnace turned on and my mother lying there, but I never saw them put her inside," he said.
Mr Godinez also said that some documents had been found in the property that "will allow us to conduct various lines of investigation". Some relatives have asked police to analyse the ashes given to them by the crematorium.
Chief prosecutor Miguel Angel Godinez told Radio Formula that some documents had been found in the property that "will allow us to conduct various lines of investigation".
He added that experts were seeking to determine how long the bodies had been left inside the building.
The crematorium is in the state of Guerrero, 200km (124 miles) from the town of Iguala, where 43 students went missing in September.