Former President Peter Mutharika’s step-son Tadikira Mafubza has been charged with murder and aggrivated trafficking in persons.
Tadikira was arrested in Lilongwe in relation to the mass grave in Mzimba.
He was formally charged at the Chief Resident Magistrate Court in Lilongwe on Friday.
Magistrate Madalitso Khoswe Chimwaza has committed the suspects to the High Court (Mzuzu registry), where processes to apply for bail will be done at the Mzuzu Court.
Tadikira and the four others will remain in custody waiting for the processes to commence at the Mzuzu High Court.
MIn October, the remains of 30 people who are allegedly Ethiopian nationals have been exhumed from a grave located within Mtangatanga Forest Reserve in Mzimba.
Police say all victims are male aged between 25 and 40.
Official records indicate that a majority of migrants who are caught in Malawi use the country as a transit point with their final destinations mostly being South Africa, Europe or the US.
This year alone, 221 migrants have been intercepted and 186 of them were Ethiopian nationals.
