The information was provided by researcher Eduardo Santana, who collaborated in the book “Interpreting Nature to Find Those Who are Missing: Biological, Physical and Earth Sciences Applied to the Detection of Clandestine Burials.”

The book was compiled by the Jalisco Commission for the Search of Missing People, according to La Jornada newspaper.

The University of Guadalajara, the Center for Research in Geospatial Information Sciences of the National Council of Humanities, Sciences and Technologies, the Polytechnic University of the Metropolitan Area of Guadalajara, as well as the universities of Oxford and Bristol contributed to the book.

According to the researcher, the estimated 1,400 graves discovered in Jalisco represent about 70 percent of the total number of clandestine graves located in the country.

Santana said that “between 60 and 80 percent of the graves were found on tips provided by the relatives. In other words, the relatives may be able to find the graves by themselves, but they inform the Government where to look.

IN the words of the scholar the book seeks to “interpret nature to find those who are missing”, basing itself on the knowledge of scientists who specialized in detecting human remains.

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