Clandestine grave found outside Mexican town where violence surge killed 6, left 43 missing.
A clandestine grave holding an undetermined number of bodies was found outside a town where violence last weekend resulted in six deaths and the disappearance of 43 students, Mexican officials said today.
Guerrero State Prosecutor Inaky Blanco said the grave site was on the outskirts of Iguala, a town about 120 miles (200 kilometers) south of Mexico City. He did not release any details on the number of bodies or say whether there was any indication of whether any of the remains could be some of the missing students.
The clandestine grave was located on a hillside in rugged territory and was heavily guarded by soldiers as well as federal and state police.
Iguala was rocked by a series of clashes and shootings late Sept. 27 and early the next day.
State prosecutors have said the first bloodshed occurred when city police shot at buses that had been hijacked by protesting students from a teachers college. Three youths were killed and 25 people had wounds.
A few hours later, unidentified masked men fired shots at two taxis and a bus carrying a soccer team on the main highway, killing two people on the bus and one in a taxi.
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