Families have flocked to a ranch a drug cartel once used as a training site, hoping to find signs of a missing loved one. Bodies were burned at the ranch, but the death toll is unknown.

The two illustrative signs at the Sandstone Ranch overlook have been missing for years after vandals burned them. One described the mountains and natural features visible from this beautiful spot.

L.A. Times Mexico City bureau chief Patrick McDonnell joined Lisa McRee with the story of the ranch that Mexican newspapers have called the “Mexican Auschwitz.” ...