Precise Writing

An example of journalistic meticulousness, courtesy of El Universal:

The state attorney general's office stated that there are eight ditches, approximately one meter by seventy centimeters with a depth of approximately 50 to 60 centimeters, where there are the remains of between 14 and 16 victims surely of drug traffickers.

They victims more than likely were killed by drug traffickers, or some other organized crime group. Still, would a quote or some sort of supporting information be too much to ask?

The incident in question was the discovery of, as you might have deduced from the excerpt, of a mass grave, just outside of Saltillo. There is some speculation that Cuban-American kidnapping expert Felix Batista, kidnapped in Saltillo in December, might be among the dead.