Mexican Attorney General Dismisses Cremation Claims at Notorious Ranch**

A recent investigation by Mexico’s Attorney General revealed that Izaguirre ranch, labeled by some as an extermination camp due to discovered remains, was primarily a training facility for the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, with no evidence supporting cremations.**

An abandoned ranch in western Mexico, once labeled an "extermination camp" by families of the missing due to personal belongings and charred remains found on-site, has been confirmed as a training center for a prominent cartel. On Tuesday, Attorney General Alejandro Gertz clarified that the Izaguirre ranch in Teuchitlán, Jalisco state, did not serve as a site for human cremations, despite earlier speculations. Gertz emphasized that the ranch's connection to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, known for its brutality, is concrete, based on collected testimonies and documents.

While scavengers previously located bone fragments at the ranch in September, further analysis from a Mexico City university revealed that the maximum temperature recorded at the site did not exceed 200 degrees Celsius. This is far below the 800 degrees Celsius typically required for cremation, leading Gertz to firmly assert there is no verified evidence of cremation taking place there.

Earlier remarks had suggested some remains exhibited characteristics indicative of cremation, but Gertz now seeks to clarify those statements. Security Minister Omar García Harfuch further supplemented the findings by indicating testimonies point to the cartel's extreme measures against those who resisted training or attempted to escape the facility, further underscoring the ranch's operational role rather than a site of mass murder.