Mexican official fired over bodies stored in truck says he’s a scapegoat 1 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy ReutersMEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican authorities fired a forensic official on Tuesday after an outcry over the storage of some 150 bodies in a refrigerated container truck that roamed towns in Jalisco state, where morgues are filled with victims of the country’s drug war. Jalisco state spokesman Gonzalez Sanchez told local radio that Luis Octavio Cotero, who had headed the forensic institute since 2015, was dismissed because he failed to take responsibility for storing the bodies. Cotero said another 100 bodies were being kept in a separate refrigerated truck parked at the forensic institute, and that the other truck had been forced to move for lack of parking space. The state’s spokesman said an investigation has begun to sort out “numerous versions” of who gave orders to move the containers.

Source: Manila Bulletin September 19, 2018 03:33 UTC