A dog carrying a human hand in its mouth triggers the discovery of 53 bags of human remains

WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT The horrific discovery was made at an international arts festival in Mexico after a dog carrying a human hand led the authorities to the bags, which have now been examined

Bibian Mendoza helped discover the body parts and analyze them (

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A dog seen carrying a human hand in its mouth has sparked a harrowing discovery of 53 trash bags stuffed with human remains.

Police discovered the mass grave while an international arts festival was in full swing in Guanajuato, Mexico.

The dog was reportedly followed by Bibian Mendoza, the founder of a collective of women in search of missing persons, the puppy leading the expert to the bags.

The festival - and the grim find - took place in October, and the remains have now been excavated and analyzed.

The founder of a women's collective in search of missing persons said, "As people all over the world celebrated the Cervantino Festival, an international arts festival in the region, we were digging up bodies.

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The horrific discovery was made in Mexico last month (

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Mendoza told Agence France-Presse: "While people around the world were celebrating the Cervantino Festival, an international arts festival in the region, we were digging up bodies.

"At the same time, I thought it was unnecessary because they were burying more people elsewhere."

It is not yet known how many have been identified, but it is believed that experts are working with the police to do so.