The Americas| Disappearances in Mexico
A newly discovered killing site shocks Mexico
Can outrage over the latest case force change?
A member of the collective Fuerzas Unidas por Nuestros Desaparecidos en Nuevo Leon participates in a peaceful protest against the discovery of an extermination camp
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Mexicans rarelyexpress outrage commensurate with the country’s suffering. But the discovery on March 8th of three cremation ovens, bones and hundreds of shoes at a ranch in Teuchitlán, in the state of Jalisco, has sparked real shock. The horror has reignited fury over Mexico’s epidemic of disappearances—and the government’s inaction. “Mexico is a mass grave,” read one sign at a vigil.