The Attorney General of the Republic, Alejandro Gertz Manero, confirmed that the Izaguirre Ranch in Teuchitlán was a training camp for the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), but assured that there is no evidence that it was used as a crematorium.
During a press conference, Gertz explained that they have confessional, testimonial, and documentary evidence supporting that the place was used to recruit, train, and operate by the mentioned cartel, although he denied the version about the operation of a crematorium at the site.
Regarding the findings made by a collective of relatives of missing persons in Jalisco, Gertz pointed out that samples of soil, stones, and building materials were sent to a laboratory for forensic analysis which did not yield evidence of high temperatures, such as those that would be expected if a crematorium had operated at the site.
So far, aside from a corpse found when the National Guard intervened at the ranch, no more complete or partial human remains have been found. However, on March 8, the collective Guerreros Buscadores de Jalisco reported having found 400 pairs of shoes at the site, labeling it as a "extermination camp," although the Mexican government identified it as a training site for the CJNG.
The prosecutor reported that other ranches potentially related to drug trafficking activities are being investigated. Additionally, genetic analyses will be conducted on the items found at the Izaguirre Ranch to determine if they belong to people reported as missing.
As for the open judicial processes, Gertz mentioned that 14 cases have been initiated for organized crime related to the disappearance of persons and the homicide of an individual found at the ranch, indicating that all these cases are in process.
The issue of the ranch in Teuchitlán has increased pressure on President Claudia Sheinbaum to address the crisis of disappearances in Mexico, where more than 120,000 people remain unlocated since the 1960s.
