Dismembered remains of 32 people found in abandoned house in Mexico's Guanajuato
The state prosecutor's office said 15 people had been positively identified so far from the remains, which were discovered during a search for missing people in the city of Irapuato.
The remains were in "fragmented and complex" condition, it said, adding that this had complicated the identification process.
Local media reports said investigators had found body parts in plastic bags.
Relatives of missing persons, who belong to a collective called "Hasta encontrarte" ("Until I find you"), visited the site Monday, hoping for news of their loved ones or fresh evidence.
"We hope to find our loved ones," a woman who requested anonymity for safety reasons told AFP.
"It's been many years, and we still know nothing. When these mass graves are found, we want to be present."
Guanajuato in central Mexico is a thriving industrial hub and home to several popular tourist destinations, but also the country's deadliest state due to gang turf wars, according to official homicide statistics.
In June, 11 people were killed and about 20 others injured in a shooting targeting a neighbourhood party in Irapuato.
A month earlier, 17 bodies were found by investigators in an abandoned house in the same city.
Much of the violence in Guanajuato is linked to conflict between the Santa Rosa de Lima gang and the Jalisco New Generation cartel, one of the most powerful in the Latin American nation.
Guanajuato recorded more than 3,100 murders last year, the most of any Mexican state, accounting for 10.5 per cent of cases nationwide, according to official figures.
It also had about 3,600 missing persons cases, out of more than 120,000 countrywide.
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