Authorities discover 17 corpses inside a home in Central Mexico

Over in Mexico, authorities have found more than a dozen bodies in an abandoned house in central Mexico, during a missing persons investigation, according to a statement released by the state prosecutor's office late Monday.

Between May 23 and 24, investigators from the Guanajuato State Prosecutor's Office conducted a search of a deserted property using ground-penetrating radar and detection dogs.

17 bodies were located inside a grave in the abandoned home in Irapuato.

Items such as knives and shovels were also discovered at the scene.

Five victims have been identified as previously reported missing persons.

Guanajuato, a thriving industrial hub, has emerged as Mexico's most violent state, recording over 3,000 homicides in the past year alone.