Mexican cartel denies claims of unveiled mass ‘extermination’ site as AG pushes for probe

The Mexican cartel accused of housing a mass ‘extermination’ site at their ranch denied the allegations —as the country’s attorney general called for an investigation over possible links between the gang and the local government that kept the site hidden for months.

Alleged members of the Jalisco New Generation cartel released a series of new videos slamming the grieving family members looking for traces of their missing loved ones at the Izaguirre Ranch, where officials found human remains and cremation ovens earlier this week.

The cartel group — which was one of eight designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the US last month — also callously questioned the motivation for the desperate families who made the grim discovery at the ranch, which served as a training base for the gang.

A member of the Jalisco Search Warriors, who helped uncover the site, said she was appalled by the cartel’s desperate move to bash her group’s work.

“It’s an outrage that they try to stain our name,” said the woman, who remained anonymous over safety concerns.

“They’re washing their hands of something they created,” she added.

Fears of mass killings carried out of the ranch erupted over the weekend when officials found chilling evidence including cremation ovens, bone fragments, hundreds of pairs of shoes, clothing and even children’s toys hidden inside the property, along with nearly 100 shell casings.

Mexican Attorney General Alejandro Gertz Manero is now ordering an investigation into the site after it was revealed that the Mexican National Guard had swept through the ranch last September.

The raid resulted in the arrest of 10 people, with police finding two hostages, as well as the body of a victim wrapped in plastic bags. 

Manero, however, said the Jalisco State Prosecutor’s Office failed to do their due diligence as it handled the case, with its investigators completely missing the signs pointing to cremation ovens and the ranch’s ties to the cartel group.

The attorney general also pointed out that the investigators failed to arrest any of the local officials who have been linked to the illegal activities transpiring at the ranch.

Despite the National Guard’s involvement in the raid, Manero described the botched investigation as the fault of the state prosecutor’s office.

The federal officials also called for investigators to determine once and for all if the ranch was used as a cremation site or training camp for the cartel.

Jalisco state Gov. Pablo Lemus said his office was fully cooperating with federal investigators as he denied allegations that his administration was trying to “wash their hands” of the case.

The discovery at the ranch, located about 37 miles west of Guadalajara, has raised fears that some of the 120,000 “forcibly disappeared” people in Mexico might have been killed and cremated there by the cartel.

With Post wires