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Juarez Murders July 2008 Update
Below are two articles from the El Paso Times on two women found murdered last week in Juarez. Also below is my translation of a report appeared today in the newspaper El Norte. I find it interesting that the authorities have designated the downtown area of Juarez as an area of high risk. This is an area of stores, restaurants and clubs that cater to U.S. teens on the weekends. At least two of the women (Karina and Adriana) disappeared during broad daylight. The overall level of violence continues unabated with at least 12 men murdered this weekend.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 El Paso Times by Daniel Borunda
Chihuahua state investigators Monday identified the two women slain last week in Juárez.
The body of Erika Ochoa Carrillo, 23, who died of asphyxia by strangulation, was found Thursday at the edge of an agricultural field in the colonia Riberas del Bravo area. Investigators initially suspected she was in her teens.
Esperanza Vitela Betancourt, 58, died of head trauma, investigators said. She died Wednesday at a hospital soon after she was found cut and bruised in the abandoned Casa Quiñonez retail center in downtown.
Daniel Borunda
July 19, 2008 El Paso Times by Daniel Borunda
The decomposing body of a teenage girl was found Thursday afternoon at the edge of an agricultural field in colonia Riberas del Bravo, Chihuahua state police said.
She was the second woman slain in Juárez this week.
An autopsy determined the unidentified girl, who was about 16 years old, died from manual strangulation, state police said.
There were no other obvious signs of violence. The girl, who was dark-skinned and had dark brown hair, was wearing a green-and-white blouse and a beige miniskirt. She had no shoes.
The case was taken over by a task force on the Juárez women's murders.
Wednesday morning, a woman was found in the abandoned Casa Quiñonez retail center in a construction zone downtown, police said. She died at a hospital about an hour after she was found.
The unidentified woman, who was about 45 years old, had multiples cuts and bruises on her body and may have been stabbed. An autopsy was pending.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 El Norte by Nohemí Barraza
Disappeared -16 young women less than 18 years old
Sixteen women between the ages of 14 and 18 are missing. Of these, three are considered high risk disappearances according to reports from the Special Unit for the Investigation into Missing Persons. Two are the minors Adriana Sarmiento Enriquez and Hilda Gabriela Rivas. Both disappeared in February of this year, while the third is Karina Sifuentes, a minor who has been missing for eight days.
Sixteen women between the ages of 14 and 18 are missing. Of these, three are considered high risk disappearances according to reports from the Special Unit for the Investigation into Missing Persons. Two are the minors Adriana Sarmiento Enriquez and Hilda Gabriela Rivas. Both disappeared in February of this year, while the third is Karina Sifuentes, a minor who has been missing for eight days.
All three disappeared from the center of the city (which is considered a high risk area by the Special Unit) and all are minors. The problem increased last month although overall, the percentage is the same when compared to 2007.
The authorities stated that for these three women, they have implemented operation Alba (NB: similar to Amber alert here), the procedure that helped to find the little girl Airis Estrella.
Nevertheless, this was different because the girl was found in danger.
Edith Acevedo, head of the Special Unit, indicated that they worked at finding all 16 women and 13 of the cases have not been considered high risk now that they have sufficient data to know the whereabouts. “They are away from the city or with their boyfriends, they are away but well” said Cesar Ramirez, spokesman for the (State of Chihuahua’s) office of Prosecutor for the Juarez region. For the current year, 199 reports have been registered for missing women, of which 183 were found. “The majority had family problems, left with their boyfriends or with friends.”
In respect to operation Alba, the authority indicated that this is under the direction of the federal prosecutor, the federal preventive police, Cipol, the city transit police and the (federal) Commission to Prevent and Eradicate Violence. “The investigators are specialized in localizing people and they are investigators with experience and when psychologists are required, they can intervene.
HIGH RISK MINORS
* Karina Sifuentes, 15 years old
In respect to operation Alba, the authority indicated that this is under the direction of the federal prosecutor, the federal preventive police, Cipol, the city transit police and the (federal) Commission to Prevent and Eradicate Violence. “The investigators are specialized in localizing people and they are investigators with experience and when psychologists are required, they can intervene.
HIGH RISK MINORS
* Karina Sifuentes, 15 years old
Disappeared at 2 in the afternoon from the Cathedral, Sunday, July 13th. It seems that a friend came from her to go to the movies. She was dressed in a blue blouse and blue jeans. She has long hair, brittle and black with coffee colored eyes.
* Hilda Gabriela Rivas, 16 years old
Disappeared from the center of the city February 14, 2008.
Height 1.65 meters, thin, dark skin with hair light brown below the shoulders.
* Adriana Sarmiento Enriques, 15 years old.
Disappeared from the center of the city February 18, 2008.
Height 1.65 meters, dark complexion, thick eyelashes and eyebrows,(nariz
mediana afiliada) medium nose, dark brown hair below the shoulders. Also light complexion, clear, almond shaped eyes.
mediana afiliada) medium nose, dark brown hair below the shoulders. Also light complexion, clear, almond shaped eyes.
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