Charred bone remains, possible signs of dissolution with acid (hexanoic), and personal objects were found by members of the 'Buscando Corazones Jalisco' collective on Totole Hill in Tequila, where they have been conducting searches since March 11.
The group's coordinator, Ivonne Gutiérrez, denounced that despite the findings, authorities have not secured the site, and evidence has been altered through burns and soil removal.
In an interview with Aristegui Noticias, the searcher explained that activities resumed this month in pending points since November, after receiving anonymous information about clandestine burials at that location.
The ground-penetrating radar indicated anomalies underground; upon excavation, they located what could be charred remains.
She detailed that in the first days, there was accompaniment from the National Search Commission, National Guard, and experts; however, they later continued without institutional presence.
'On the 17th, we went without any authority, and the result was positive,' she stated; among the findings are bone fragments reduced to ashes, a vertebra, clothing, footwear, and bracelets, in addition to boots and barrels with acid residues.
'They told us it was ash, but the material was hot, it even burned through the glove because it had residues.'
Gutiérrez clarified that this is not a 'crematorium,' but a site that functioned as a landfill and may have been used to cover clandestine graves, and 'the place where there were already precedents and they started to refill it,' she explained.
The searcher denounced that the property has not been cordoned off constantly, which has allowed its alteration.
'When we returned, we saw that machinery had entered, they moved the earth, burned everything, and the evidence is at risk of being lost, because the authority did not secure it, I had to cordon it off.'
Additionally, Ivonne Gutiérrez mentioned that this incident could be related to the former mayor Diego 'N,' detained on February 5 and accused of alleged extortion, kidnapping, and torture, as well as ties to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel.
'Since the former mayor was detained, the place stopped moving as before, but not to secure it, rather they keep coming to burn.'
In this sense, she requested that the area continue to be investigated as part of the searches for missing persons, such as her daughter's father, José Alfredo Carrillo Orozco, who disappeared in Tequila in 2022 and whose remains, they warn, could be at that site.
'It's a very large point, with precedents; it cannot be left like this,' she said and warned that they have also found garments, even a person from her collective identified a T-shirt, so she did not rule out that this finding could have similarities with that of Rancho Izaguirre in Teuchitlán.
'We cannot be sure, but it is concerning how the remains are reduced, with acid and burns,' affirmed the searcher.
Ivonne Gutiérrez demanded that authorities prioritize the search and identification of persons over issues related to the World Cup, as she warned, the omissions may be due to them trying to hide the situation.
'This is because the municipality is one of the most visited tourist destinations in the state due to the fame of tequila and its tours.'
'We do not agree with promoting that while these searches are not being addressed, we prefer that those resources be allocated to finding our relatives.'
The collective reiterated that they are not seeking to blame specific individuals.
'We are not looking for culprits or to incriminate anyone, we just want to find our relatives,' she emphasized.
Finally, she called on authorities from the three levels of government to guarantee security in the field, preserve the evidence, and follow up on forensic analyses.
'If it is not secured, key information to find the missing persons will be lost,' she concluded.
