"Jaqueline's brother was shot eight times on a ranch in the city of Irapuato, in central Mexico. And, because their mother dared to report the crime, 15 days later, she was also killed. Jacqueline's father had been murdered a few years earlier. And so, on August 14, 2025, this 18-year-old girl was left alone in the world. In July, armed men broke into Eva Maria Vazquez's home."
"Known as Panchito, he belongs to a collective that searches for missing people. She hasn't heard from him since. Around that time, La Calera a clandestine mass grave was discovered in the same state. The dismembered bodies of 32 people had been left in the yard of an abandoned house. Pedro Rodriguez, who survived an attempted murder last year, saw how, back in June, on a street parallel to his, gunmen entered a bar and shot down 12 people."
An 18-year-old named Jaqueline lost her brother, mother, and father to lethal violence, leaving her alone. Armed intruders executed Jaime Gonzalez, abducted Francisco Arias, and relatives who search for missing people remain without answers. A clandestine mass grave called La Calera contained dismembered remains of 32 people in an abandoned yard. Witness Pedro Rodriguez described a June attack in which gunmen entered a bar and killed 12 people. Guanajuato, with just over six million residents, accounts for 11.6% of national murders. State and federal authorities claim a 60% drop in homicides under a consolidated security strategy, while residents dispute official figures.
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