9 Students Who Went Missing While on Vacation Found Dismembered on the Side of a Highway in Mexico

Mar. 15, 2025

Nine bodies, believed to have been missing students, were found dismembered on a highway in Mexico, according to local reports.

The remains of four women and five men from Tlaxcala, Mexico were found on the evening of Sunday, March 2 in the municipality of San José Miahuatlán, state of Puebla,El Financieroreported on Tuesday, March 4.

Mexico’s national guard did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

“So far I cannot offer information, there are lines of investigation, but I cannot reveal them due to confidentiality,” Idamis Pastor Betancourt, head of the State Attorney General’s Office (FGE), said at a press conference on Monday, March 3.

Angie Lizeth Perez Garcia; Lesly Noya Trejo.Attorney General of the State of Oaxaca Facebook; Attorney General for Missing Persons from Tlaxcala Facebook

Attorney General of the State of Oaxaca Facebook; Attorney General for Missing Persons from Tlaxcala Facebook

“All relevant investigations are being carried out. When we have a response and the investigation is complete, we will be in a position to provide more information,” Betancourt continued.

Betancourt declined to name the victims on Monday. Only two of the bodies could be identified via their ID cards, reportsCentral Puebla Irreverente: Angie Lizeth P.G., 29, who was reported missing from Santa María Huatulco in Oaxaca on Feb. 28, and Leslie N.T., 21, reported missing from San Pedro Pochutla in Oaxaca on Feb. 28.

Attorney General of the State of Oaxaca Facebook

A city official from Tetla, Tlaxcala, meanwhile, identified Leslie N.T. as Lesly Noya Trejo on Facebook. “I express my sincere condolences to her family and friends,“wrote the official, Yolanda Carrillo Garcia.

Central Puebla Irreverente added that the abandoned dark gray Volkswagen Vento car, with Tlaxcala license plates, where the deceased individuals were discovered was found on the Cuacnopalan-Oaxaca highway near San Jose Miahuatlán, Puebla.

Also among the missing is Jacqueline Ailet Meza, who was reported missing from Zipolite on Feb. 28. Her mother said on Facebook that she was “taken,“El Paísreports.

“My daughter disappeared last night on a beach in Huatulco, called Zipolite. They took her and until now we know nothing about my daughter,” the mother reportedly wrote, perEl País.She wrote that her daughter had two young children, ages 5 and 3, “waiting for her.”

Four of the bodies were reportedly found in the vehicle’s trunk, and a bloodied tarp was discovered inside the Volkswagen Vento along with five more bodies. Officials also reportedly recovered a bag with eight pairs of hands, per Central Puebla Irreverente.

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The investigation remains ongoing.

source: people.com