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Daily Mirror
02-07-2025
- Daily Mirror
Horror as 400 human corpses discovered inside 'house of horrors'
Investigators have found 383 complete corpses and six partial remains at the property in the Mexico-US border town of Juarez, where it's thought "unscrupulous" owners had been defrauding grieving relatives Hundreds of decomposing corpses have been found inside a residential property on the Mexico-US border. Investigators have discovered a grim stack of 383 complete cadavers and six partial remains in a non-descript building at a site in Juarez, Mexico. Initial findings suggest that some of the bodies discovered at the property could have been dead as long as four years. On Thursday, authorities were tipped off to the house of horrors, which looks more like a home than a mortuary. Most of the bodies appear to have undergone the embalming process, with questions being raised as to why they had not been buried or incinerated, according to Mexican authorities. The property is owned by Jose Luis Arellano Cuaron, who is being charged alongside one of his employees for improper disposal of bodies. The corpse's cause of death have not yet been ascertained but post mortems will be performed to ensure they were not murdered. Officials believe six different funeral homes had been sending the cadavers to the property in the border city - which is opposite from El Paso in Texas. Relatives of the victims claim to have been given "ashes" after their funeral, believing their loved ones had been properly laid to rest. "They constantly received bodies for cremation," Chihuahua Attorney General Cesar Jauregui said. "They misrepresented hundreds of times to funeral companies they would be cremating those bodies." Initial enquiries revealed the owner had three licenses allowing him to operate a funeral home. The state's governor said the "irresponsible and unscrupulous" creamtorium owner was misusing these licenses and permits. Some families hope for closure after the disappearance and suspected murder of hundreds of people in the city - which has been a hotbed of cartel violence. There have also been reports of migrants awaiting entry to the US being kidnapped. Yadira Cortez, a representative from the Ciudad Juárez Women's Roundtable Network told KFOX: "Of course, all the families and we ourselves were worried and wondered who is there? What bodies are there? Are they identified?" The state of Chihuaha, where the crematorium is located, has opened a process for anyone who believes their loved one could be there. They're told to take an ID, with descriptions of what they were last wearing and the funeral home their body was released to.
Daily Mail
01-07-2025
- Daily Mail
Almost 400 human corpses found piled high in mysterious house of horrors at US-Mexico border
The number of decomposing bodies found stacked in a non-descript building at the Mexico-US border is still rising, according to investigators. Nearly 400 corpses have been accounted for at the site in Juarez, which is just across the border from El Paso in Texas, including 383 complete human bodies and 6 partial remains, according to the TV station KVIA. Some of the people found at the suspected secret crematorium are thought to have been dead for three to four years. Stacks of cadavers were found after a tip led authorities on Thursday to a property that looked more like a home than an incinerator. Most of the dead appeared to have been embalmed, Mexican authorities told reporters during a press conference Monday. It is unclear why they had not been either buried or incinerated, according to the Border Report. Owner Jose Luis Arellano Cuaron and an employee will be charged with improper disposal of bodies. The remains are being checked to ensure the bodies are not victims of murder and more charges could follow. Aerial view showing a crematorium where authorities found 383 corpses embalmed in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico, on June 29, 2025. Police have found 381 corpses piled up in a private crematorium in northern Mexico's Ciudad Juarez, the local prosecutor's office said Sunday, attributing the grisly find to negligence State officials said many of the bodies appear to have come from six different funeral homes in the sprawling border city, where relatives were given 'ashes' and were under the belief their loved ones had been properly disposed of. 'They constantly received bodies for cremation,' Chihuahua Attorney General Cesar Jauregui said. 'They misrepresented hundreds of times to funeral companies they would be cremating those bodies.' While the owner appeared to have three licenses to operate at one point, it was unclear whether the operation was in good standing. The governor of the state of Chihuahua told reporters that the crematorium had been run by 'irresponsible and unscrupulous people who misused these licenses and permits.' The gruesome discovery also opened the door for closure to the families of hundreds of people who have been missing in the city known for cartel violence. During the Biden years, many migrants waiting for legal entry into the US were often kidnapped or went missing. 'Of course, all the families and we ourselves were worried and wondered who is there? What bodies are there? Are they identified? The mothers told us, 'My daughter is not there,'" Yadira Cortez, a representative from the Ciudad Juárez Women's Roundtable Network told KFOX. The state has opened up a process for anyone who believes their loved one may be there. Families are asked to bring an official ID, as well as a description of what their loved one was last wearing and what funeral home they released their loved one's body to.
