Chilling video shows inside house where five Mexican students’ charred remains were found after they were brutally murdered on camera
- Mexican authorities raided the brick-layered, roofless abandoned home where five students were reportedly killed after they were kidnapped on August 11
- Investigators found human remains, including four charred skulls and blood stains on a wall
- The remains of Roberto Olmeda, 20; Diego Lara, 20; Uriel Galván, 19; Dante Cedillo, 22; and Jaime Martínez, 21, have not yet been formally identified
Chilling video footage has revealed the horrific conditions inside an abandoned home where five Mexican college students were brutally tortured and murdered – with one forced to beat, stab and decapitate his childhood friend.
Jalisco state authorities raided the roofless, brick-layered property while searching for the young men, who were last seen alive in the municipality of Lagos de Morena in western Mexico on the night of August 11 after attending a festival to honor the city’s patron saint.
It is believed the victims were abducted by Grupo Elite Delictivo de Reacción Inmediata, an enforcement unit of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, in the Lagos de Moreno neighborhood of San Miguel and then taken to the home in the neighborhood of Orilla de Agua.
When searching the property on Wednesday investigators discovered human remains, including four charred skulls.
Roberto Olmeda (left); Diego Lara (second from left); Uriel Galván (center); Dante Cedillo (second from right); and Jaime Martínez, (right) seen kneeling next to each other while they were held by their captors, allegedly members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, at an abandoned property after they were kidnapped last Friday
The walls inside the property where five Mexican students were reportedly killed had graffiti over them, including ‘MZ,’ the initials of Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada, fugitive leader of the Sinaloa Cartel. However, the victims were allegedly kidnapped by members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel
The Jalisco State Attorney General’s Office seized an abandoned property that may be the same place where five missing college students were filmed by members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. While searching the home Wednesday, investigators located human remains, including four charred skulls
The rundown residence’s walls were covered in graffiti, with the letters ‘MZ’ spray painted in red – a reference to Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada who is the rival fugitive leader of the Sinaloa Cartel.
It is unknown why Zambada’s initials were tagged but sources said it could be an attempt by the suspects to cast blame on him.
A screen grab from a video of the kidnapped students shows Roberto Olmeda, 20; Diego Lara, 20; Uriel Galván, 19; Dante Cedillo, 22; and Jaime Martínez, 21, kneeling next to each other in front of a brick wall with the Grupo Elite Delictivo de Reacción Inmediata logo painted over it.
The video, which aired on Mexican newscasts after it was leaked Tuesday, shows one of the students attacking a friend before decapitating him.
None of the body parts found in the home and recovered from a burned vehicle belonging to Olmeda found on a road on Tuesday have been identified.
Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said during his daily press briefing Friday that the students were ‘possibly murdered’ and that more information would be released next week.
Witnesses told Mexican newspaper El Universal that ten armed men kidnapped the victims from a car in San Miguel and forced them into two vehicles with dark, tinted windows.
Lara is said to be the last one who was in contact with his family when he sent a text message at 11pm to say he would be home shortly.
Mexican authorities found Roberto Olmeda’s (left) burnt out vehicle on Tuesday with a dead body iniside it. He and Dante Cedillo (right) are among the five university students who went missing last Friday in Lagos de Moreno, a municipality in the western state of Jalisco
Uriel Galván’s vehicle was found by authorities on Sunday in Lagos de Moreno, Mexico. He is one of five university students who mysteriously disappeared last Friday and were seen on a video held captive by the Jalisco New Generation Cartel
Diego Lara (left) was the last student who was heard from after he texted his family he was on his way home last Friday at 11pm
Federal authorities also told the newspaper that two of the students had spoken with a person who had a contact with a call center for part-time employment as security guards on August 9.
The call center is allegedly operated by the cartel members, who post fake job offers with good salaries and benefits in order to then force the employment seekers into the criminal organization.
Once through the door, they are then ordered to work for the cartel or be killed – and are often sent on the most dangerous jobs, such as working on sites where a rival cartel is known to operate.
The majority of people recruited through the call centers come from the neighboring states of Jalisco, Michoacan, Colima, Nayarit, Guanajuato and Zacatecas.
Blood stains remained on the wall of the property were five college students were reportedly killed after they were kidnapped in Lagos de Moreno, Mexico, on August 11. The abandoned home was seized by authorities on Wednesday
Investigators with the Jalisco state Attorney General’s Office located human remains inside an abandoned property on Wednesday. The property could be the same one seen in a video that shows the students in captivity
A weapon lies on the ground of a property that was seized by Mexican authorities in Lagos de Moreno, a city in the western state of Jalisco
Authorities on Tuesday located Roberto Olmeda’s vehicle on fire with a dead body inside
David Saucedo, a security analyst, told the newspaper that the Jalisco New Generation Cartel has established a network of these call centers.
‘In the last two years or so in various regions surrounding Lagos de Moreno a series of training and recruitment centers have emerged,’ he said.
‘They have made Lagos de Moreno a key operational site, specifically for recruiting and training squads of hitmen.’
Saucedo said he believed the five were swept up in the cartel’s recruitment drive.
‘The five young people who were kidnapped seem by all indications to have been caught in some sort of training program by the Jalisco Cartel, which sets tests for the new recruits – forcing them to carry out assassinations.’
Nemesio ‘El Mencho’ Oseguera’s Jalisco New Generation Cartel is viewed by U.S. authorities as one of the major smugglers of drugs
RISE OF JALISCO NEW GENERATION CARTEL IN MEXICO
The United States Department of Justice considers the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and the Sinaloa Cartel as the two most powerful and dangerous criminal organizations in Mexico.
The Jalisco New Generation Cartel was formed in 2009 as the Mata Zetas.
It then evolved into the Jalisco New Generation Cartel after splintering from the Milenio Cartel and going to war with another cell, La Resistencia – which it beat and then took control of the Milenio Cartel’s drug trafficking routes.
In 2011, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel formed an alliance with the Sinaloa Cartel to ward off another group, Los Zetas, but separated itself from Sinaloa Cartel co-founder Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada in 2017.
By 2018, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel had grown to become the second most powerful organization in Mexico, netting nearly $13 billion in profits through its cocaine and crystal meth business.
The cartel’s operations are led by Nemesio ‘El Mencho’ Oseguera – and the United States is offering a $10 million reward for his capture, while the Mexican government has a reward of $1.6 million.
His American daughter, Jessica Oseguera, was released from a federal penitentiary in Dublin, California, on March 14 after serving a 25-month sentence for money laundering.
His son, Rubén ‘El Menchito’ Oseguera, has been in the custody of U.S. authorities since February 2020 and is facing gun and drug trafficking charges.
Under El Mencho, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel has positioned itself as the major smuggler of narcotics, especially fentanyl, into the United States.
It has a presence in at least 27 of Mexican states, including the western state of Jalisco, where along with its ally, Los Cuinis, they control the drug trade in 113 of the states 125 municipalities.
Eight of the remaining cities’ drug turfs are controlled by Cartel de Nueva Plaza, which split from the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. Four others are dominated by the Sinaloa Cartel.
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