Earlier this month, Mexican authorities in the state of Puebla found an abandoned vehicle along a highway that contained the dismembered bodies of a group of people that had gone on a beach trip to Huatulco, Oaxaca, and never returned home.
The five men and four women reportedly went missing on Feb. 27 after making a vacation trip. Their bodies were found a few days later in the municipality of San José Miahuatlán, Puebla, with officials initially suggesting the murders could be linked to a dispute between criminal organizations in the area.
