Bodies found in Mexico town where students vanished

Authorities unearthed on Saturday unmarked graves containing a number of bodies on the outskirts of a southern Mexico town where 43 students disappeared after a deadly police shooting last week.

Inaky Blanco, chief prosecutor for the violence-plagued state of Guerrero, said it was too early to say how many bodies were buried in the pits outside Iguala, 200 kilometers (125 miles) south of Mexico City.

‘We still can’t talk about an exact number of bodies. We are still working at the site,’ Blanco told a news conference in the state capital, Chilpancingo.

The bodies were taken to forensic experts for genetic tests to check whether they are related to the families of the missing, Blanco said.

Governor Angel Aguirre appealed for calm in his state, which is mired in poverty, gang violence and social unrest.