DNA testing of charred remains don’t match any of the five missing Mexican college students who were kidnapped by a cartel in Lagos de Moreno

DNA testing conducted on human remains discovered at an abandoned property didn’t match the five university students who went missing two weeks ago, according to the governor of the western Mexico state of Jalisco

Governor Enrique Alfaro revealed the results Tuesday, just six days after authorities raided a brick-layered, roofless home in the northeastern city of Lagos de Moreno.

‘There are already factors to say that these, at least, do not correspond to young adults. We even already talked with the parents, but as we have always done, the details will be provided by the Attorney General’s Office, but I could anticipate that this bones don’t correspond,’ he said in a press conference.

Alfaro said that additional DNA testing had been scheduled for human remains that were extracted from another home in Lagos de Moreno on Monday.

 Investigators located human remains, including four charred skulls, from an abandoned home in Jalisco, Mexico, on August 16. However, results of DNA testing didn’t match any of the five college students who were kidnapped August 11 after attending a fair in the Jalisco city of Lagos de Moreno

Roberto Olmeda, 20; Diego Lara, 20; Uriel Galván, 19; Dante Cedillo, 22; and Jaime Martínez, 21, were reportedly kidnapped by Grupo Elite Delictivo de Reacción Inmediata, an armed wing of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel in the Lagos de Moreno neighborhood of San Miguel the night of August 11 after attending a festival honoring the city’s patron saint.

The young men were then taken to the home in the neighborhood of Orilla de Agua and tortured.

A video leaked to social media showed the childhood friends with their faces bruised, tape over their mouths and their hands tied behind their backs.

The group could be seen kneeling on the dirt ground in front of a brick wall that had the cartel gang’s loco painted over it.

The graphic video also showed three of the victims lying face down next to each other. Another is lying down in the background before his friend is forced to beat, stab and decapitate him.

Mexican authorities found Roberto Olmeda’s (left) charred vehicle on August 15 with a dead body in 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. DNA testing revealed that the remains don’t match any of the students

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 August 11 and were seen on a video held captive by the Jalisco New Generation Cartel

Authorities searched the rundown property August 16 and discovered charred human remains, including four skulls.

Another video showed the home covered in graffiti, including a message that reads ‘a slaughtering is the best medicine’ written on a wall in black paint. 

On August 15, police found a car on fire with humans remains in it. DNA testing was also done and didn’t match any of the five missing students.

Alfaro once again linked criminal organizations to their disappearance.

‘I do not think it is necessary to expose and explain that behind this there is an issue of organized crime,’ the governor said.