Parts of two dismembered children found in CHICKEN BOXES in Mexico days after they went missing 

Body parts of two dismembered children are found stuffed into CHICKEN BOXES in Mexico days after they went missing

  • Alan Yair Silvestre Becerril, 12, and Hector Efrain Tolentino de Jesus, 14, disappeared in unknown circumstances on October 27 in Mexico City
  • Authorities said the boys had likely become involved in the city’s drugs trade 
  • Violent gangs in the city and surrounding area are known to recruit children 
  • A 39-year-old-man named as Eduardo R has been arrested after police encountered him with the victims’ remains 

The dismembered bodies of two missing boys have been found inside chicken boxes in Mexico City.

Police made the shocking discovery when attempting to assist a man who had dropped the boxes as he tried to load them into a vehicle in the city centre in the early hours of Tuesday morning. 

Local media reported that the man began acting strangely when nearby police officers came to help and the gruesome contents of the boxes were soon revealed. 

Chicken boxes and bags containing the dismembered remains of two missing boys were found in Mexico City on Tuesday, days after the boys were last seen

Alan Yair Silvestre Becerril, 12

Hector Efrain Tolentino de Jesus, 14

Alan Yair Silvestre Becerril, 12, (left) and Hector Efrain Tolentino de Jesus, 14 (right)

The man, a 39-year-old named only as Eduardo R, was arrested at the scene and later identified as a suspected member of the Union Tepito criminal organisation. 

Mexico City mayor Claudia Sheinbaum on Wednesday confirmed that the remains found in the boxes belonged to two missing boys Alan Yair Silvestre Becerril, 12, and Hector Efrain Tolentino de Jesus, 14. 

Forensic tests showed that both boys had been tortured and mutilated.

She described the incident as ‘terrible’, saying she’d ‘never seen a case like it’ and that the boys’ murders could be linked to drugs.

Both Sheinbaum and her predecessor have been harshly criticised for failing to reign in Mexico City’s notoriously violent drugs trade or even acknowledge the extent of organised crime in the Mexican capital. 

Tolentino de Jesus’ family said they suspected he had started selling drugs to pay for his studies.  

Juan Martín Pérez, head of the Network for Children’s Rights, told Spain’s El País newspaper that drug gangs in Mexico city and the surrounding areas are known to recruit young children. 

The two boys, from the Mazahua indigenous community, were last seen on October 27. 

Despite a concerned relative reporting the boys missing, authorities did not issue an alert until two days later. 

The circumstances of their disappearances remain under investigation, with local media providing differing accounts of their last known whereabouts. 

The prosecutor’s office said the boys were last seen on the Eje Central road which connects the city centre to the south.  

Forensic teams are seen searching the contents of other bags and boxes at the crime scene where the boys' bodies were found

Forensic teams are seen searching the contents of other bags and boxes at the crime scene where the boys’ bodies were found

A 39-year-old man, named only as Eduardo R, has been arrested in connection with the boys' murders after being found with their dismembered bodies

A 39-year-old man, named only as Eduardo R, has been arrested in connection with the boys’ murders after being found with their dismembered bodies

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