A study by Mexican researchers revealed high levels of ash and hydrocarbon smoke at the Izaguirre ranch in Jalisco in 2019, predating its association with criminal activities. Recently indicated by President Claudia Sheinbaum, the ranch allegedly served as a training ground for the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) and an execution site, as local families have discovered clandestine crematoriums. Satellite analysis by the Science Ministry’s Center for Research in Geospatial Information Sciences revealed these findings amidst ongoing violence in the region, stirring public and governmental controversy over the ranch's true purpose and the unaddressed violence in Mexico.
In recent weeks, the Mexican executive, led by President Claudia Sheinbaum, has indicated that the Izaguirre ranch was used as a training center for the criminal group Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) and has also revealed that the group killed and tortured people there.
The group of relatives, Guerreros Buscadores de Jalisco (Warrior Searchers of Jalisco), has claimed that the ranch functioned as an extermination center—an expression the government has avoided using.
The study, submitted this week to the Jalisco State Search Commission, was not publicly known. In light of what happened in Teuchitlan, researchers analyzed hundreds of images from the European Space Agency's (ESA) Sentinel-2 satellite.
To do so, they used a platform designed by the Science Ministry's Center for Research in Geospatial Information Sciences (CentroGeo), which has participated in other high-profile investigations, such as the Ayotzinapa case.
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