Frontera NorteSur February 2000

TODAY'S BORDER NEWS (Updated Every Weekday)

Monday, February 28, 2000: Border Professors Say Border Votes Mostly Democratid

Border residents may vote differently in the upcoming U.S. presidential elections than the rest of the country, according to a recent study conducted by James Peach and Richard Adkisson, economics and international business professors at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, New Mexico, who looked at voting patterns of U.S. citizens living on the U.S. México border.

Using data from 1992 and 1996, the researchers found a significant difference in how border residents vote in the four border states: New Mexico, Arizona, Texas and California. The votes from the communities that sit right on the border, and those that are some distance from the border, were most often for democratic candidates, even after controls were in place for ethnicity and other factors.

However, there were discrepancies according to Peach. "Texas border counties were heavily Democratic," Peach said. "California's border counties were heavily Republican."

Overall, according to the researchers, national policies are more important on the border than for others, which will influence the vote. Issues of immigration and the drug trafficking will effect election results.

Additionally, these researchers have looked at border population growth and project that the country population will increase from 5.8 million in 1995 to 10.7 million in 2020, which will naturally effect the strength of the border population's vote.

Source: Las Cruces Sun News

The Attorney General of México, Roberto Madrazo Cuéllar, during an interview yesterday, said that he has proposed a plan to fight drug trafficking crime in the border city that will involve all three levels of the government. His statement came a day after the the U.S. State Department warned against traveling in Cd. Juárez due to the high levels of crime, and Mexican President Zedillo urged local government to improve the fight against crime in Juárez.

There is no definite date for the initiation of the plan, however, Madrazo Cuéllar said, "I am going myself today (yesterday) to speak with the Secretary of the Interior, and I hope to get immediate approval. There have been several murders in Cd. Juárez, and they have worried us all," the attorney general said.

He hopes to hold a meeting in Cd. Juárez that will bring together the highest level of government authorities and the local authorities and map out a plan to strengthen the state and federal security forces with very clear and very precise commitments.

When asked directly about the U.S. State Departments travel advisory, the attorney general said he did not have enough information to comment at the time.

Source: El Diario

Thursday, February 24, 2000: Cd. Juárez Reacts Fiercely To U.S. Condemnation Of The City

Many business owners and associations, citizens and politicians fiercely condemned the U.S. State Department's recent travel advisory warning that Cd. Juárez is a dangerous city to visit.

"There is no evidence that proves that Cd. Juárez should be called dangerous, and there will be protests on the international level as well as on the border," said a representative of the business association Private Initiative.

The U.S. state department warned that Cd. México, the country's capital, and both Tijuana and Cd. Juárez are too risky for U.S. tourists. Representatives from the three major Mexican political parties claimed that this statement will damage the city's tourist industry.

Raúl García Acosta, representative of the National Party (PAN) said the drug traffickers and members of organized crime groups are the problem. But that the city is "full of hard working people."

Héctor Carreón León, president of the National Chamber of Commerce (Canaco), said, "We do not believe that the U.S. authorities have the moral quality to say that we have a crime problem any worse than U.S. cities like Chicago, New York and Dallas that have the same criminal problems."

Juan Carlos Olivares Ramos, president of the Association of Maquiladoras (AMAC) said that these types of accusations just cause further problems and strain relationships between businesses and authorities on both sides of the border.

Edward Vazquez, U.S. consulate in Cd. Juárez, said that the crime rate is high in Cd. Juárez, and it is higher than in New York, however, according to Vazquez, it is not as high as Washington D.C.'s. "This is not something that México experiences by itself. There are dangerous cities all over the world," the consulate said, agreeing that Cd. Juárez should not have been singled out the way that it was by the U.S. State Department.

Source: El Diario de Cd. Juárez

Wednesday, February 23, 2000: Number Of Mexicans Deported By The INS Doubles

Ricardo Martínez Dozal, delegate for the National Immigration Institute in México, reported yesterday that approximately 10,000 undocumented Mexicans have been deported so far this year by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Services (INS), which is an average of 192 a day. This is double the number of deportations for the same time period in 1999.

"Many people have been stopped while they crossed; additionally, many undocumented Mexicans who have been illegally detained in the U.S. have been released back to México," according to Martínez Dozal. There have also been 272 foreigners released into México from countries such as Guatemala, Salvador, and Honduras.

There exists a program in México called Immigration Status Regularization intended to benefit foreign immigrants who have recently been deported by the U.S. and remain unsure as to their future. This programs assists them in providing immigration information while they make relocation decisions.

Source: El Diario

Tuesday, February 22, 2000: Wanted Criminals Arrested On Both Sides Of The Border

Mexican federal police in Cd. Juárez arrested Jesús Chávez Domínguez, known as "Chuck Norris," a presumed drug trafficker and leader in the Carrillo Fuentes drug cartel, according to a report released yesterday by the Mexican attorney general. Across the border in El Paso, Texas the U.S. border patrol arrested Timothy Murnane, one of the city's ten most wanted, on the Paso del Norte International Bridge Saturday night carrying 100 pounds of marijuana. He was wanted for robbery.

Chávez Domínguez is a suspect in the drug trafficking executions discovered late last year on ranches in Cd. Juárez. He was found in a home in the city with a .50 caliber machine gun (exclusively issued to the Mexican Army), 300 grams of cocaine and over 600 grams of marijuana. Additionally, federal police badges and uniforms were found in his possession.

The alleged drug trafficker was captured by the Special Unit To Fight Organized Crime (UEDO) in an operation on February 16, 17 and 18 which seized eight different properties. According to the report, Domínguez did not have a record in the city nor had his name previously been associated to the drug cartel formerly run by Amado Carrillo Fuentes.

Timothy Murnane, 30, was caught with 100 pounds of marijuana hidden in his car when he tried to cross the border on Saturday night. The police discovered that he was on the ten most wanted list in El Paso for residential and business robberies. He did not resist arrest and is waiting to appear in court.

Source: El Diario, El Paso Times

Monday, February 21, 2000: Officials Respond To Zedillo's Call To Arm Citizens

Officials from Cd. Juárez have responded with great caution to Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo's recent proposal to legalize carrying arms as a measure to protect the country from increasing violence. The president's proposal comes in the midst of Chihuahua Attorney General González Rascón's effort to disarm Cd. Juárez.

Cd. Juárez Mayor Gustavo Elizondo Aguilar does not believe that allowing the citizens to bear arms is the solution to decreasing crimes. Instead he wants to see an increase in the budgets for public security agencies. "It is a mistake to arm the society at this time, this will be an attempt to correct one problem by creating another." The mayor wants to see the development of medium and long term plans that will improve the effectiveness of police forces. Additionally, he noted that too many citizens are armed as it is, but they carry guns purchased on the black market.

The president of the Commission of Solidarity and Defense of Human Rights, Francisca Jiménez, said that this measure could have serious consequences and therefore before it is approved it must be broadly and carefully scrutinized by society.

Ricardo Ramirez Vela, a spokesperson for the National Chamber of Industrial and Food Industries (Canirac), said "If we are not able to review, impede or investigate the criminal records of individuals with 100 percent certainty , than there would be no reliable (weapons) registry."

Cruz Pérez Cuéllar, leader of the National Action Party (PAN), said "I believe that the Mexican congress must take the concerns of the public into careful consideration in order to make this decision on this very delicate matter."

However, Teófilo Aguirre Puente, president of the Chihuahua Federation of Law Schools, supports the initiative and sees it as the federal government's finally acknowledging that criminals are better armed than the police and the army. "At least this would be a way for citizens to protect their own homes." He also believes people should be able to carry guns in their cars since so many crimes occur in vehicles.

The bishop emeritus of Chihuahua, Adalberto Almeida, acknowledged that the issue is complex and he would not be able to comment until he knew more.

Source: El Diario

Juárez Mayor Gustavo Elizondo met with El Paso Mayor Carlos Ramirez Thursday with the intent to mend the relationship between the two border cities. The meeting was an attempt by both city officials to find a solution to the ongoing controversy sparked by a tragic car accident that claimed the lives of five El Paso teenagers in January who had been celebrating in Cd. Juárez.

Ramirez had gone on record as stating that the deaths of the five young men were a direct result of Juárez nightclub owners' willingness to "sell alcohol to underage youngsters from El Paso". Ramirez also attacked Cd. Juárez for allowing underage El Paso teenagers to drink in their establishments.

Hector Carreón, National Commerce Board President, stated that they met with Ramirez in order to explain where Cd. Juárez and Canaco officials stood in regulating alcohol sales. Carreón added that both cities must work together in order to carry out any successful strategies. Canaco officials stressed that certain policies must be worked out and applied to both cities so that no one is singled out.

"If Cd. Juárez residents want to travel to El Paso then they must obey those laws enforced in the U.S. when they are there. The same rules and regulations should apply to Americans coming to Cd. Juárez who frequent bars and nightclubs. Why make exceptions or attack those laws that are different in each city?" said Carreón.

Carreón had previously stated that Cd. Juárez was highly aware of the growing problem with underage El Paso teenagers drinking in Cd. Juárez, however, it would be unconstitutional to enforce a U.S. drinking policy in foreign territory. Carreón added that there will be future meetings addressing the issue until a logical solution is reached.

Source: El Diario

Thursday, February 17, 2000: City, State Leaders Call For Action to Restrain Drug-Related Murders

Juárez Mayor Gustavo Elizondo, city business leaders, and state authorities have joined together to demand that the Mexican federal government "fulfill its responsibility" toward stopping drug-trafficking violence in the city. "We are not going to allow organized crime to take control of Juárez," said Elizondo. He told reporters that he has asked for an interview with Attorney General Jorge Madrazo, in which he will ask that the PGR "in truth, do its part" in the war against organized crime.

Elizondo is supported by business leaders affiliated with the Canaco organization, who said they were also supporting the Army, the PGR, the state government, and the federal highway police.

According to El Diario, there have been seven narco-executions--that is, drug-trafficking related killings--in the city so far in 2000. In addition, the political and business leaders are concerned about disappearances, assaults, and kidnappings.

"We are clearly with the mayor in the fight against the insecurity prevailing in our city. We will participate in any event that he asks us to," said Canaco spokesman Héctor Carreón Leon.

The secretary general of the state government, Victor Anchondo, alleged that the federal judicial police (PJF) have been involved in the disappearances and denounced the acts as "abuses of office." He has also said that perhaps there needs to be an official inquiry into the matter.

Elizondo supported this initiative, saying that if the facts are "verified," even the head of the PJF may be held accountable for the disappearances.

One of Elizondo's demands which he will present to Attorney General Madrazo is the "immediate dismissal" of the PGR's delegation in Chihuahua state, based on their "minimal results" in their work to combat drug trafficking.

Furthermore, agents of the PGR have been alleged to have participated in recent disappearances, and are now under investigation by the Special Anti-Kidnapping Task Force, Elizondo noted.

Source: El Diario

Wednesday, February 16, 2000: State Identifies Woman Found Monday

It is believed that the woman found murdered Monday night in Colonia Fray García de San Francisco (in the northwest section of Ciudad Juárez) is Inés Silva Merchant, 23, who disappeared on January 26. She was identified by family members at the state coroner's office.

However, Suly Ponce Prieto, special investigator for the murders of women, says that the identification will not be official until forensic studies are completed. According to Ponce, a thorough investigation has been underway since Merchant was first reported missing.

According to the coroner's preliminary autopsy findings, it is certain that she was strangled and beaten, although it is inconclusive as to whether she was raped. She was found naked, her clothes nearby. The victim leaves behind two children, two and four years old, and had only lived in Juárez for two years after migrating from Puebla.

She is the third woman to have been found dead under similar circumstances: the first, still unidentified, was found on January 19 in Lopez Mateos (also on the northwest side) and the second, Maria Nava Vazquez, 18, who disappeared on January 4 and was found in the Zaragoza area (southeast) on January 28.

Sources: El Diario.

Tuesday, February 15, 2000: Mexican Drug Cartel Threatens U.S. Federal Agents; Responses Vary

According to local papers, federal agencies have given a variety of responses to a recent threat on the lives of U.S. federal officers issued by a Mexican drug cartel. From "business as usual" to "taking extreme caution" the responses vary to the alleged $200,000 reward Mexican drug traffickers have offered for the death of federal agents involved in fighting drug trafficking.

Michael McManus, a spokesperson for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), said agents have been put on "heightened alert" for two months and have been asked to be more observant and to travel in pairs. Jorge Swank, spokesperson for the U.S. Border Patrol in Marfa Texas, said that they are "exercising extreme caution."

However, Roy Villareal, spokesperson for the U.S. Border Patrol in San Diego said such threats occur once or twice a year and "it's a fact of life for us." Doug Mosier, spokesperson for the U.S. Border Patrol in El Paso, said that the threat is "business as usual" however, agents are being encouraged to wear their bulletproof vests in the evening.

Anita Dickens, spokesperson for the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in Washington said that no special measures were being taken, and FBI Special Agent in El Paso, Al Cruz, would not comment, according to the El Paso Times.

The bounty threat allegedly arrived in conjunction with the bi-national investigation of the report last November that over 100 bodies were buried on ranches outside of Cd. Juárez where drug cartels are believed to do business. After hundreds of U.S. and Mexican agents dug up property for nearly six weeks, nine victims were found. Mexican authorities believe the Fuentes Cartel out of Cd. Juárez may be responsible for seven of the nine executions, according to the Las Cruces Sun News.

McManus said they received report of the threat from another federal law enforcement agency and Dickens said they learned of it from the media. Swank said the reward offer went out several weeks ago to U.S. Customs as well as the FBI and DEA, according to the El Paso Times.

Additionally, according to the El Paso Times, Swank would not identify the drug organization believed to be behind the reward but he knew it was "based in northern México." However, the Associated Press report in the Las Cruces Sun News said that Swank identified the cartel responsible for posting the threat as the Juárez-based cartel headed by Vicente Carrillo Fuentes.

Russ Bergeron, spokesperson for the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, said that what's most important is getting the information out because that better enables officers to deal with the situation.

Sources: El Paso Times, Las Cruces Sun News, Associated Press

Monday, February 14, 2000: Fox Visits Chihuahua; Criticizes Governor

Vicente Fox Quesada, presidential candidate from the National Action Party (PAN) was in the capital of Chihuahua yesterday for the second time to campaign for the July 2 presidential election in México. In his busy day of campaigning, which included a private meeting with the archbishop and a public meeting with the city's youth, Fox criticized the current PRI leader Patricio Martínez by calling him "disgraceful" and said the PRI party just spins its wheels.

"July 2 is not just the day to elect a new president, but choosing the destiny of this state," Fox said. "This is a profound and serious matter, an extraordinary opportunity that we have for our future." A major platform of the candidate's includes support for teachers and beginning an educational revolution.

At a speech in Old Town Cd. Chihuahua speaking to the youth of the city, Fox said that it is very unfortunate that the government is in the hands of the Institutional Revolution Party (PRI). "They are disgraceful because they continue to give us more of the same, they do not lead us ahead, they are doing nothing for the city, their strategies lack depth, and there is not one line they are following that tells us where they are headed."

Fox is running against Francisco Labastida Ochoa (PRI); and according to El Diario, the "dirty war" between the candidates is in full swing.

Source: El Diario

Inspectors from the Cd. Juárez Department of Business initiated an operation yesterday to stop street vendors from selling their products near schools or public offices, according to Roberto Cisneros Aranda, agency director. Twenty-two independent "vendedores ambulantes" or street vendors were removed and their products were confiscated.

Eleven inspectors are participating in this operation which will continue throughout the city, according to Cisneros Aranda, with hopes of encouraging the workers to sell their products within the legally established zones. The operation is supported by the Municipal Police Force, City Protection, and the Special Police Support Group (GEAP).

The police were asked to provide assistance because the vendors demonstrated on Wednesday and an inspector was injured. However, the vendors, according to El Diario feel they are not being treated fairly by the municipal government and that the police have used excessive force.

"They do not provide facilities for us to obtain permission and to make things right, as they should be, they just send the police out after us and they take the little we have," complained one vendor.

The vendors do not believe they will get their confiscated items returned, however, Cisneros Aranda explained that when they appear to collect their items, their things will be returned and permits and regulations for street sales will be provided.

Source: El Diario

Thursday, February 10, 2000: Crisis Center Begins Second Year Assisting Victims

This month the Casa Amiga Crisis Center completes its first year assisting the women and children in the region who are victims of domestic violence. The Center has a staff of 80 volunteers, 4 regular staff and has worked with 286 victims in their first year of operation.

The volunteers work not only to research the issues surrounding domestic violence, and the developing practices for crisis intervention, but also serve as counselors. "Every time you think you are listening to the worst story possible, you will speak to another victim whose story is even worse," said Ivonne, one of the volunteer staff members. The woman in the family are typically the focus of the attacks, but the entire family unit is effected by the violent behavior. Of the nearly 300 victims the center has assisted, 40 were children.

According to Ivonne, the legal system is not designed to help victims of domestic violence. And although the Center acknowledges seeing some women successfully begin recovering and re-establishing their confidence, it is in spite of the law.

"This center needs to exist, and there should be many centers like it throughout the city," Ivonne said reflecting on the the number of caseloads in comparison to the small staff.

The center is the only one of its kind on the border, and one of four in all of México.

Source: El Diario

Wednesday, February 9, 2000: U.S. Minors Drinking In Cd. Juárez Controversy Continues

While the president of the Juárez Avenue Business Association publicly criticized the mayor of El Paso for presenting Cd. Juárez as a city of "perdition," the mayor is increasing efforts to keep minors on the U.S. side of the border where he believes they will be safe from the dangers of Mexico's lower drinking age.

Recaredo Núñez Alvarez said that Mayor Carlos Ramírez of El Paso Texas blamed the Mexican businesses from the popular tourist strip Juárez Avenue for last month's traffic accident that killed five El Paso youth. Because the group was partying in Cd. Juárez, previous to the accident, it is believed by the mayor that the lower Mexican drinking age is to blame. However, according to Núñez, the kids left Juárez at 12:30 am, and the accident occurred at 1:30 am; also, the group's driver was allegedly racing. Toxicology reports have not been completed. "This is purely political with the goal of re-election," Alvarez said about Ramirez' efforts.

However, starting this Friday, El Paso city police will begin monitoring the Paso del Norte international bridge at 4 p.m. and continue until 4 am on Saturday. They will enforce curfew and public drunkenness laws. Mayor Ramirez is also considering requiring minors under 18 to provide written permission to cross the border from their parents. "I'm also asking our police to consider extending the bridge enforcement to Thursday, which is the day some of the Juárez bars and clubs target our minors with special events," Ramirez said.

Ramirez was quoted in El Paso Times as saying that "The cooperation we are receiving from the Mexican authorities will help us deter our (minors) from drinking in Juárez." Chihuahua Governor Patricio Martínez has asked Juárez businesses not to sell alcohol to minors and to eliminate drink specials.

Alvarez, however, questions the practices in El Paso bars. He said that the bars and discotheques sell drinks to minors and promote "free bars" where customers' age and drinking are not monitored.

Sources: El Paso Times, El Diario de la Cd. Juárez

Tuesday, February 8, 2000: Protest Planned For International Bridge

On February 16, members of social and farmworker organizations from all over México are planning to block the Cd. Juárez International Bridge in protest of the the increased import of foreign agricultural products and livestock into México.

The National Front for the Agri/Livestock Defense Agency will meet on February 15th to plan the protest which is scheduled to begin early in the morning on the 16th and continue throughout the day, blocking traffic on the bridge that travels one way from Cd. Juárez into El Paso Texas.

This is the second event of this kind uniting organizations such as the Ranch Defense Movement, the Democratic Farmers Union, The Independent Workers Group, Farmers and Agricultural Workers (Cioac), and the National Union of Farm and Ranch Workers.

The continued importation of farm products and livestock into México from foreign countries, particularly the U.S., is bankrupting many farmers and ranchers. This protest is part of a larger effort demanding the reduction of these imports.

Source: El Diario

Monday, February 7, 2000: Local Group Searches For Victims

Civil Band Radio, a volunteer group, initiated a community effort yesterday to search the hills outside of Cd. Juárez for the bodies of female murder victims, "before there is a report of a another missing young woman," according to an article in today's El Norte de la Ciudad Juárez.

Volunteers of all ages searched on foot Sunday morning along the Casas Grandes Highway outside of Cd. Juárez towards the Santa Teresa international crossing into the U.S. This endeavor comes as a result of many people's indifference towards the authorities and the investigative efforts they have made in recent cases of missing women or murder victims.

Two bodies of young women were found last month, both cases remain unsolved, however one victim was identified as María Isabel Nava Vásquez, 18, who disappeared on January 4. Her family held services for her late last week.

Members of the municipal and state police assisted the group of volunteers to avoid any problems. The group reported that they discovered various pieces of clothing and a shotgun.

Source: El Norte de la Ciudad

According to the legal offices of Chihuahua's medical department, in Cd. Juárez there were 17 assassinations in the first month of this year, compared to seven murders in January of 1999.

Of the 17 homicides, nine were committed with firearms, three with knives, three with blows to the head, and two by strangulation.

There were a total of 137 autopsies performed in January of this year, according to the report sited in El Diario. Of those, 101 autopsies were performed on persons who had died violently, and 36 on persons who had died naturally. Of the total 137 deaths, 106 were men and 31 were women.

The total number of deaths included nine suicides, three fire victims and one electrocution.

Source: El Diario

Thursday, February 3, 2000: Chihuahua Stiffens DWI Laws

The Chihuahua State Department of Traffic and Transportation altered the current traffic law yesterday, and increased the fees for drivers who are caught driving under the influence of alcohol. Currently, according to the department, the majority of vehicle accidents are caused by drunk drivers.

The increased fees will not go into effect until the state's finance secretary has processed the paperwork and the new tickets are printed. However, once implemented, the new fines will range from $100 to $160 U.S. and will be based on degree of inebriation.

In the mean time the current law will remain in effect, however, according to Victor Mendoza Salcedo, director of the department, the laws do not provide any parameters for charging the fees which "can be up to $50."

Until the new law is in effect, the fees will be $30, $40 or $50 U.S. depending on how inebriated the offender is. A means of testing for inebriation was not named in this El Diario report.

Source: El Diario

Wednesday, February 2, 2000: Martínez Fights For "Good Neighbor" Plan

Chihuahua Governor Patricio Martínez has insisted on supporting his year-old "good neighbor" plan with El Paso, Texas and is pushing for the ban of alcohol sales to underage Texans in Cd. Juárez. "Cd. Juárez will not continue to be the bar for El Paso youth." The recent controversy comes on the heels of a tragic automobile accident killing five young El Pasoans who had been "celebrating" a birthday across the border. Toxicology reports have not been completed.

Although experts from the legal system insist that what he is proposing is unconstitutional, the governor insists that constitutional rights will be not violated. "All we are proposing is that if minors can not drink in their own country, than they can not drink here." Last year he sent a proposal to this effect to the Mexican Congress, and he believes that as the executive of the state, he has the right to demand regulations that will benefit, not hinder, the families and communities in Cd. Juárez.

Martínez acknowledges the complaints from businesses in the tourist and restaurant industries which say his "good neighbor" policy will certainly reduce sales. However, Martínez does not the believe that the city, as a whole, will suffer financially from this decision.

Mayor Carlos Ramirez was very grateful and appreciative of the Chihuahua governor's efforts.

Source: El Diario

Tuesday, February 1, 2000: Woman's Body Identified, State Won't Let Family Bury Her

Family members have positively identified the remains of the body found last Friday as their daughter María Isabel Nava, 18, who disappeared on January 4. However, the special investigator will not verify the identification until DNA reports arrive in several weeks. The family has been denied the body they want to retrieve in order to begin funeral arrangements.

Felipe Nava, father of the missing girl, said that he and four relatives who have viewed the remains are certain that the victim is their daughter. A scar, a tooth and the clothes that were found with the victim have convinced the family they should receive their daughter's remains for burial. However, the attorney general's office only feels "80 percent" certain that the murder victim is María Isabel Nava, who on January 4 was looking for employment and last seen near Cd. Juárez city offices. The family does not want to wait three or four months for DNA results.

"Since they couldn't help us look for her, the least they could do is return to us what they found," said the parent who has publicly expressed his dissatisfaction with the authorities in investigating the case. They reported their daughter's disappearance on January 5. Her body was found 20 days later. The family believes they may know who the murderer is.

The body had been burned, and it is not apparent if the assailant raped the victim, however, there were extensive knife wounds to her body.

This is the fourth brutal murder of a woman since the beginning of the new year. Arturo Tovar Rocha stabbed his former wife, Juana González, 37 to death on January 4, the same day that Emma Dora Nevárez Lopez' victim was discovered. She had killed and buried María Santos Rangel Flores, 42 in a jealous rage. On January 19 a murder victim who had apparently been strangled to death was found at the foot of the Juárez Mountains, this crime remains unsolved.

Source: El Diario