A citizen search group recovered a human femur and skull from a clandestine burial site in Tijuana’s Anexa del Río neighborhood on the morning of May 1. The Colectivo Todos Somos Erick Carrillo discovered the remains buried beneath tree roots on a trash-covered hillside near Boulevard Cuauhtémoc Norte.
The site has now yielded more than 20 bodies over the past two years, according to the group’s leader, Eddy Carrillo. Army personnel and forensic agents from the FGE (Fiscalía General del Estado, Baja California’s state prosecutor’s office) secured the scene and transported the bones for genetic testing.
Small Femur May Belong to a Woman
Carrillo said the femur is small and may belong to a woman. More than 20 people, most of them women, have been reported missing from the surrounding Lomas Taurinas, Libertad, and Anexa del Río neighborhoods. The discovery is the second at this exact location in just 15 days, confirming the site remains an active dumping ground rather than an isolated burial.
The Colectivo Todos Somos Erick Carrillo was founded by Eddy Carrillo after his son, Erick Carrillo Álamo, disappeared in Tijuana in 2019. In late 2024, the group found remains in the El Lago neighborhood that may have belonged to Erick, and DNA results were pending at that time. The collective is one of several family-led search groups operating across Tijuana, where citizen organizations have taken on the grim work of locating clandestine graves because official resources remain limited.
A Pattern Across Tijuana Neighborhoods
Tijuana has seen a steady stream of clandestine grave discoveries in recent years. In April 2025, another search group, Familiares Unidos Buscando a Nuestros Desaparecidos, unearthed human remains near a Santa Muerte altar in the Sánchez Taboada neighborhood. That was the fourth discovery at the same site. In May 2024, a separate grave near Tijuana yielded at least 10 bodies. Search collectives have said that criminal organizations increasingly bury victims in urban residential areas rather than remote locations.
The FGE has taken custody of the remains recovered on May 1 and will conduct DNA analysis to attempt identification. Families of the missing in the area are waiting for results.
First reported by Punto Norte.