The remains of at least 242 people have been discovered in mass graves by Mothers searching for their missing children. Most of the victims are believed to have been in their teens and early 20s. Mexican authorities say that the bodies were found in 124 hidden graves over a six-month period in the country’s eastern state of Veracruz. were discovered by mothers searching for their missing children, officials said Friday. Press TV reports: A source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the graves contained “a lot of young women’s clothes, credentials, shoes and garments that look like they belong to inner-city kids.” Other reports said many of the exhumed bodies had been found conjoined and headless, adding that most of the victims were students from high schools and universities between the ages of 14 and 25. A military source in Veracruz, which is one of the most violent states in Mexico, noted that the victims “probably were buried by criminals in league with the local authorities.” The coastal state is notorious for extremely high level of crime, triggered by drug trafficking, government corruption and organized crime, with some 720 people gone missing since 2010. Kidnapping, extortion and forced disappearances have been rampant in the [...]