The other atrocities that were allegedly committed at the Teuchitlán crematorium

New testimonies collected by the Guerreros Buscadores collective of Jalisco indicate that more illegal acts were being carried out at the Izaguirre ranch.

A property located in the town of La Estanzuela, municipality of  Teuchitlán , where a clandestine crematorium operated   and other illegal activities were allegedly committed.

The site, known as  Rancho Izaguirre , was located by the Guerreros Buscadores collective of Jalisco on  March 5 , following an  anonymous call , and had already been intervened by state authorities in  September 2024. However, according to the collective, during that intervention,  neither the crematoriums nor the human remains were documented or secured , despite the evidence that has now come to light.

Information revealed by authorities and the collective indicates that   three underground crematoriums, bone remains, clothing, suitcases, ID cards, shoes, shell casings, and structures used for armed training were found on the property used as an extermination camp and recruitment center .

According to Indira Navarro, leader of the Jalisco Warriors Searchers, this horror story began with the numerous disappearances of young people reported at the bus station: “They offered good pay, 5,000 pesos a week, to be a security guard, a driver… but they always summoned them to the station. There they were intercepted, and nothing was known about them,” she said in an interview with  Aristegui Noticias .

According to him, the young men were taken to the ranch, where they were subjected to isolation, physical violence, and forced to bury and burn bodies. “They forced us to dig holes, graves… they placed a slab of stone and brick, and they threw the dismembered bodies into it. At the back, there was a room they called  ‘the butcher’s room ,’ where they forced us to burn them,” Navarro recounted, citing the testimony of one of the survivors.

Objects such as titanium plates , dentures, and human bone fragments were also found at the site  .

Child abuse and medical experiments

During the same interview with Carmen Aristegui, Navarro revealed that in the early hours of March 11, she received a call from a young woman who claimed to have been  deprived of her liberty  there for three years. The woman, identified as  María , decided to give her testimony despite knowing it could cost her life, Indira Navarro said.

“He told me that this (clandestine crematorium) has been going on for over ten years, operating since 2012. That the local people knew about it, but couldn’t speak out because they were threatened. He told me some very shocking things,” Navarro said.

According to the new details provided by María’s testimony, ” medical experiments” were being carried out at the ranch:  “She said there were some doctors who came and did some kind of experiments, obviously it was about  selling organs ,” she mentioned.

He also claimed to have witnessed  cases of child abuse . “There was a boss who liked girls; they brought him girls. Obviously, we’re talking about pedophilia,” he said.

On the other hand, according to the witness’s account to the group, when any of the captives cried or showed signs of weakness, they were thrown into an area of ​​the ranch known as “the pig pen.” This space, enclosed by barbed wire, housed pigs that attacked people, devouring them in pieces.

“It’s not a horror movie, it’s worse”

In another interview with Adela Micha on the program La Saga,  Navarro expanded on some details. “I thought I’d heard everything… but what she told me was unheard of,” she said.

According to María, during her time at the ranch, recruits were forced to participate in  mud fights  as a method of punishment and control, with  food  used as an incentive or reward. They slept crammed directly onto the ground, under a tarp placed in an area known as the dome, in precarious and unsanitary conditions.

The survivor noted that at the time, recruits were forced to wear orange clothing, similar to the uniforms used in prisons, to make them easily identifiable. Those who tried to escape were immediately executed, according to the testimony.

According to the witness, some leaders of the criminal group  requested the surrender of specific individuals , even on commission. In some cases, this was retaliation against civilians, such as businessmen who had had conflicts with members of the group.

The young woman who managed to communicate with Indira Navarro also described how, after a training period, the individuals were sent to conflict zones like  Zacatecas or Michoacán , where they were used as cannon fodder. Those who managed to survive this initial phase were transferred to a second level, described as a “school of terror,” where they received armed training from civilians, former military personnel, and foreigners, according to other young people interviewed by the group.

In both interviews, Navarro insisted on the authorities’ responsibility for failing to document the findings during the September 2024 intervention. “They surveyed for two days. They said the ranch was very large, but it measures less than one hectare. They dug three holes and didn’t use ground-penetrating radar,” he noted.

The collective leader called on the  Federal Government and international organizations  to intervene in the case. “We need urgent support. This has already overwhelmed the State. People disappear here every day. This can’t continue like this,” she declared.

The head of the Attorney General’s Office ( FGR ),  Alejandro Gertz Manero , announced on Tuesday that the institution  will open an investigation , and questioned the lack of prior action:  “It is not credible that a situation of that nature would not have been known by the local authorities of that municipality and the State ,” he said in his speech during President Claudia Sheinbaum’s morning press conference.

According to the  state registry of missing persons in Jalisco , there are currently  15,426 missing persons , of whom  12,407 are men and 5,487 are women .  Zapopan  is the municipality with the most cases, with  2,774 missing persons  as of February 28.

Navarro noted that  dozens of families have contacted the ranch to identify items of clothing  and objects found at the ranch. The prosecutor’s office has released a document containing detailed information and photographs of the objects found at the site.