The 2011 Durango massacres were a series of
mass murders that occurred in 2011. According to ''
El Universal'' and ''
Yahoo! News
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'', at least 340 bodies have been found in
mass grave
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s around the city of Durango as of February 2012; These mass graves are the first of their kind in the state of
Durango and third of their kind in
Mexico
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. These mass graves had more bodies than the
2011 Tamaulipas massacre of 189 bus passengers. Since April 2011, there have been 7 mass graves found around Durango. One of these mass graves was found in a vacant
auto repair
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lot in Durango with 89 bodies. One of the bodies identified was Alfonso Peña, the former
mayor
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of
Tepehuanes Municipality,
Durango.
See also
*
List of massacres in Mexico
Massacres
See also
* Human rights in Mexico
References
{{Mexican Drug War
Massacres
Mexico
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*
Nuevo León mass graves
*
Coahuila mass graves
*
2010 San Fernando massacre
*
2011 San Fernando massacre
References
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2011 murders in Mexico
21st-century mass murder in Mexico
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Mexico
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Massacres in Mexico
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Violent non-state actor incidents in Mexico