translated from Spanish: 50 people find the remains of 50 people in a clandestine grave in Jalisco

The bodies of at least 50 people were exhumed from a clandestine grave in Jalisco, after 23 days of work, local authorities announced on Saturday.
The pit was located on November 22nd on a farm in a town in the municipality of Tlajomulco, on the outskirts of Guadalajara, capital of Jalisco, one of the states hardest hit by organized crime violence in Mexico.
In a statement, the local prosecutor’s office said it is now up to the coroner to “establish all bodies found” and “determine the sex and cause of death of all victims.”
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So far, 13 bodies have been identified and handed over to their relatives: 12 of them are men and another corresponds to a woman. All had a missing person complaint to the authorities.
During the work, prosecution and coroners used heavy machinery, dogs and technological equipment.
Prior to the discovery, the authorities had completed excavations in another pit of a nearby village.
Both landwere located with information provided by 15 people who were arrested on 6 November in a warehouse in the nearby town of Tlaquepaque, where authorities also rescued eight people who were deprived of their liberty.
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So far this year, the finds of clandestine pits in Jalisco have become common. On May 7, in Zapopan, a suburb of Guadalajara, a house with 30 bodies buried was located. On September 3, also in that suburb, another moat with 34 bodies was located.
From January to November, Jalisco authorities reported 2,465 homicides in the state. On 1 March, the government deployed 1,400 service members to redouble surveillance of Jalisco, the headquarters of the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel.
According to authorities, violence in Jalisco has escalated since March 2017 following a fracture inside the cartel, which also rivals criminal groups in neighbouring Guanajuato for fuel traffic control.
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Original source in Spanish