Who should you ask forgiveness from?

From @inquirerdotnet twitter post:

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/world/view/20090126-185577/Mexico-hit-man-dumped-300-bodies-in-acid

"TIJUANA -- A Mexican hit man who calls himself "The Soupmaker" has revealed how he dumped 300 bodies in vats of acid over the past decade to dispose of their remains for a drug trafficking cartel.
"They brought me the bodies, about 300 over the last nine to 10 years," Santiago Meza Lopez, 45, told reporters Friday a day after his capture by the army.
Meza Lopez said he had been paid some $600 a week for his work by drug boss, Eduardo Garcia Simental. He was arrested Thursday in Tijuana on the border with California, and is among the FBI's most wanted men.
"I ask for forgiveness from the families of the victims," Meza Lopez added.
In 2008, more than 5,300 people died violent deaths connected to cartel activities, with Mexican authorities having deployed some 36,000 police and troops to fight the drug traffickers."

At the most, the line in bold letters made me think, partly made a chuckle, who should he ask forgiveness from? Definitely not from the families of the victims alone. The sincerity of his statement is very much questionable.

Why do we have human burial? One word, respect. Of the whole lot of practices and methods of burial across cultures and distances, the dead need closure. Whether it be for the afterlife or simply avoiding a corpse from emmiting unpleasant odors. A list I got from our friendly dictionary:

1. Respect for the physical remains is considered necessary. If left lying on top of the ground, scavengers may eat the corpse, which is considered highly disrespectful to the deceased in many (but not all) cultures. See Sky burial
2. Burial can be seen as an attempt to bring closure to the deceased's family and friends. By interring a body away from plain view, the pain of losing a loved one can be lessened.
3. Many cultures believe in an afterlife. Burial is often believed to be a necessary step for an individual to reach the afterlife.
4. Many religions prescribe a particular way to live, which includes customs relating to disposal of the dead.

At the end of the day, one would also want respect and closure when he/she leaves the physical world, I wonder if it would bother him if his body was the one to be thrown in acid.