The Brief

LOS ANGELES - Authorities in the Mexican state of Guanajuato have discovered the dismembered remains of 32 people in an abandoned house near the city of Irapuato.

What we know:

The remains were found in plastic bags in a shallow grave on a property in the municipality of Irapuato, which is located about 160 miles north of Mexico City.

According to a statement from the Guanajuato prosecutor’s office, 15 of the victims have been officially identified through "highly complex forensic techniques."

This discovery comes just months after 17 bodies were found in a similar situation in the same city.

The backstory:

The discovery comes less than two months after a separate mass shooting in Irapuato left 12 people dead.

Guanajuato has been plagued by violence in recent years

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