A family were left horrified after going to visit the grave of a loved one in an Argentinian cemetery only to find dogs digging up human bones from tombs.

The macabre discovery was made in the city of Santiago del Estero in the north of the country after various residents complained about the state of the graveyard.

One man, Gustavo Juarez, had gone to the cemetery along with his family to visit the graves of other relatives buried there.

Gustavo Juarez took this picture of dogs eating human remains after he went to visit relatives' graves at a cemetery in Argentina

But he was left stunned after he described how the cemetery turned into what resembled a wasteland of rubbish.

He told local paper El Liberal: 'Some of our relatives came to visit from Cordoba and wanted to visit our departed loved ones in the cemetery.

'It has been a long time since we went and on Sunday when we arrived we were stunned with what we saw.

'The bins were on the floor and parts of some of the coffins were littered around the cemetery. To be honest it was a horrible sight to see.'

Mr Juarez went on to described on how they reached the end of the graveyard, they saw two dogs chewing on human remains, describing it as the 'worst thing'.

Mr Juarez says he was left stunned after he described how the cemetery turned into what resembled a wasteland of rubbish

Pictures taken at the cemetery also show a dog eating a human leg, while another waits patiently alongside it.

He added: 'We did not want to get too close as we were scared of what we would find, we just took a photo. It is unspeakable.'

Mr Juarez also describes his group saw 'a baby’s coffin just lying on the ground' adding 'who could leave that lying around?'

The disgusted visitors say they came across other family members at the cemetery who were also appalled by the state it was in, which was what made them decide to share their experience on social media.