Culiacán, Sin.- This Saturday they were identified by the State Attorney General’s Office, 19 of the 23 bodies that were burned during the strong crash that took place in the Culiacán-Mazatlán highway near Elota, Sinaloa.
In a release, The State Prosecutor’s Office reported that the clarification was achieved through comparison of 38 genetic samples from relatives with the DNA extracted from the remains.
After these events There are still two men and two women unidentified. The Expert Investigation Directorate, in charge of the process, continue working for achieve identification complete list of all the bodies found in the accident site.
The delivery of the identified remains will take place in the respective deputy prosecutors’ offices, where families will be notified about the necessary procedures. This process will also be carried out in a coordinated manner by the Expert Investigation Directorate, what is committed to providing support and clarity in these difficult moments.
In a call to the community, the State Attorney General’s Office urges those who have not yet provided blood samples and have relatives who boarded bus 502 on January 29, 2024, to go to the nearest deputy prosecutor’s office.
Active collaboration in the presentation of blood samples is crucial to speed up identification and provide necessary closure to families shocked by this painful incident.
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The State Attorney General’s Office (FGE) supports its firm commitment to persevere its workin order to achieve the exhaustive identification of all the remains discovered at the accident site.
Note published in The Sinaloa Sun