Borderland Beat
MEXICO CITY - The
Attorney General's Office (PGR) initiated proceedings to exhume the bodies of
the parents of Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano, El Lazca, founder of the Los
Zetas cartel, to take genetic samples and compare them officially killed
earlier this month.
At a news conference, Jose Cuitláhuac Salinas, head of
the Attorney Specialized Investigation of Organized Crime (SEIDO), said the
agency found the location of where the remains of Lazcca’s parents are buried.
The official said the Lazca’s parents, died many years
ago, but they are still able to use the
remains for DNA testing to make a comparison with the DNA extracted from
the corpse The Lazca .
The holder of the SEIDO insisted that the tests applied
so far confirm that the Lazca was killed.
Exhumation done on October 22-see below
Salinas Martinez explained that the PGR has not located
siblings of Heriberto Lazcano, so that
the proceedings will focus on the bodies of their parents.
To this end, authorities are coordinating with the state
of Hidalgo, where the parents are buried. .
The goal is explained as taking samples that allow
genetic comparison with DNA evidence that was collected of Heriberto Lazcano and
that both the PGR and the government of Coahuila are holding.
For now, the PGR has for comparitive the thumbprints and two
fingers, taken from the right hand of capo, who was killed Sunday by members of the Navy in the community of
Progreso, Coahuila.
