As cartels slink into shadows for the World Cup, horror remains

Fifteen miles south of the World Cup’s opening night party, the parents of Mexico’s missing dig through the dirt for their loved ones.

Two shallow graves were found last week on rubbish-strewn farmland near the modern stadium where Son Heung-min’s South Korea face Czech Republic on Thursday.

As The Telegraph joins families for a fresh search, a third suspected area for remains is found 10 metres away.

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