Researchers in Mexico are employing an unusual method to locate the thousands of individuals who have vanished amidst decades of drug cartel violence: pigs. These animals serve as proxies for human ...

Because pigs have remarkably similar anatomy to humans, knowing the signs of decomposition in the animals can help identify hidden graves of humans. Victims of cartel violence in Jalisco, Mexico, ...

ZAPOPAN, Mexico — First the scientists dress dead swine in clothes, then they dispose of the carcasses. Some they wrap in packing tape, others they chop up. They stuff the animals into plastic bags or ...

ZAPOPAN, Mexico (AP) — First the scientists dress dead swine in clothes, then they dispose of the carcasses. Some they wrap in packing tape, others they chop up. They stuff the animals into plastic ...