Mexico City - The bodies of eight Mexican tourists killed in a mistaken attack by Egyptian security forces earlier this month have been returned to Mexico.

Mexico's Foreign Relations Department says the bodies arrived on a commercial flight Tuesday and have been taken to a Mexico City morgue. The bodies will be subject to a forensic examination before being handed over to their families.

The other six Mexican tourists, who were wounded in the September 13 incident, returned to Mexico on Friday and were treated in a Mexico City hospital. All are expected to recover from injuries that include fractures, burns, and respiratory problems.

Egyptian forces hunting militants mistakenly attacked the tourists' convoy in Egypt's western desert. Survivors have said the attack was carried out by helicopters and an airplane and involved bombs dropped on the tourists' vehicles.

Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto expressed his outrage at the incident in a phone call with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi last week. Peña Nieto demanded a full investigation and called on Cairo to compensate the victims and their families.

The Egyptian government promised a full and transparent inquiry into the incident, though the Egyptian federal prosecutor's office has banned the news media from publishing details of either the attack or the probe until it is complete.