Authorities are seeking permits to exhume the remains of drug lord Heriberto Lazcano's parents to obtain material for DNA testing to convince the public beyond doubt that he is dead.
However, Lazcano's body was stolen by a team of armed, masked men from a funeral home in northern Coahuila state on Oct. 8, hours after he was killed by Mexican marines.
Mexico's navy says the body of Lazcano, a "Zeta" drug cartel leader and former army commando, (shown here) was identified through fingerprints before the corpse was taken. Local prosecutors have said they did not know the body was Lazcano's until after it was stolen.
"Unfortunately, both parents died many years ago, and that complicates things," Salinas said.
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