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Daily Mail
03-07-2025
- Daily Mail
Outraged mob of grieving families demand answers after 400 corpses are found in house of horrors
A mob of people have lined up outside government offices, demanding to know if their loved ones are among the nearly 400 dead found in a clandestine crematorium that kept the bodies for up to four years. The stench of decaying human remains led investigators to a nondescript building in Juarez, Mexico, just across the border from El Paso, Texas, where investigators counted nearly 383 complete corpses and 6 partial remains this week. Even Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum weighed in on the gruesome discovery, promising to release more information Wednesday, after she meets with her security cabinet. 'This is a special case. It seemed to be about one topic, but really there are several topics involved here,' Sheinbaum told reporters Thursday. At this time, state investigators believe the bodies came from different funeral homes from across the in the sprawling Mexican city and had been embalmed. They were transferred to the Plenitud Crematorium and instead of being cremated, the bodies were allowed to pile up since the end of the pandemic. Located in isolated outskirts of the city, whatever was happening at the facility went unnoticed for years, until an anonymous caller reported a bad small in recent days. When authorities arrived, they found two decomposing bodies in a non-functional hearse in the walled compound, according to Mexican newspaper La Lista. The rest of the bodies were in two buildings. María de Jesús González stood in line outside the state prosecutors office with hundreds of other angry people who suspect they were given fake ashes by funeral homes. 'I'm not even over grieving, and now this,' Gonzalez told Juarez Digital while wiping away tears. 'There needs to be justice.' Her husband died seven months ago. At the time, she said her partner's body was not picked it as scheduled, and that left her feeling suspicious of how his remains were being handled. It's unclear whether the funeral homes were aware of how the crematorium was up to. Plenitud owner Jose Luis Arellano Cuaron and an employee will be charged with improper disposal of bodies. While more charges could be pending, the suspect could spend 17 years if convicted of the current charges. 'It's too little time. If it was 17 years person, that's be okay, but it's too little time,' the grieving wife stated. 'I don't even know what to think anymore. 'I just hope that if he's there, that they take responsibility for the body.' It's unclear if anyone else may face charges, however, at a press conference, officials revealed 16 of the bodies are so badly decomposed that they can't tell what gender they are. About 218 are believed to be men and another 149 are deceased women. 'The handling violates every single rule for the disposal of corpses,' Chihuahua State Inspector Carlos Tarín told the media. 'They were not kept in refrigerated chambers or under optimal storage conditions. Therefore, the facility was immediately secured, and an administrative procedure was initiated that could result in sanctions or the revocation of the health permit.' 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 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. However, many encountered setbacks the individual funeral homes who claimed not to have the paperwork showing they had handled the bodies of certain people.
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.
