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Officials Find A Mass Grave In Mexico

The burial site contains at least 166 skulls and more remains may be uncovered. But family members of people who disappeared are distrustful of how the site is being managed.

Mexican authorities say they found a clandestine grave with the remains of at least 166 people in the state of Veracruz — the latest mass grave in a place that has been marred by disappearances, warring drug cartels and government-sponsored violence.

Veracruz Attorney General Jorge Winckler said at a Thursday news conference that the

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