Murder City_ Ciudad Juarez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields - Charles Bowden [131]
Mario Campolla, brother of murdered officer Oscar Campolla, said that their relatives’ bodies are sometimes robbed. “On top of the cowardly murders, they take your relatives’ things. They stole my brother’s watch, a ring and his salary. When they returned his wallet, all of the money he had in it was gone.”
“Wives and children of the police have been abandoned. There are mothers who no longer receive their husbands’ salaries because the men have disappeared. The corporation does nothing to search for the missing officers,” said one relative.
El Diario, Ciudad Juárez, March 25, 2008
CHIHUAHUA—“All of the public security agencies are infiltrated—all of them, pure and simple—and we are not going to put our hands in the fire for any bad element,” Governor José Reyes Baeza declared yesterday, concerning the narco-related assassinations and executions in Chihuahua in recent days. The governor explained that the state is facing an atypical situation over the last two months and he has confidence that in the next few weeks, Chihuahua will return to its prior condition of normalcy. Baeza Terrazas said that he had formally petitioned the federal government to send their elite forces to investigate, “and that they explain to us what is happening in Chihuahua.” For his part, local representative Miguel Jurado Contreras declared yesterday that the state is completely overrun by narco-trafficking.
El Diario, Ciudad Juárez, March 25, 2008
Daniel Antonio Hernández Enríquez was killed and another man was wounded yesterday when they were attacked by armed men as they walked along Yaqui Street. The dead man’s mother arrived at the scene and identified the body.
Other recent victims identified and/or cause of death:
• Saturnino Acosta Herrera, 51, shot in the chest
• Israel Macías Navarro, 37, shock induced by gunshot to the abdomen
• Jesús Macías Navarro, 41, gunshot to the face
• Joel Tim Ríos, 43, bullet wound to the chest
• Unidentified man, Colonia Hidalgo, asphyxia by strangulation
• José Uribe Beltrán, 19, bullet wound to the head
• Unidentified man, Colonia Granjas Unidas, bullet wound to the head
• Nicolás Olivares García, shock induced by bullet wound to the chest
El Diario, Ciudad Juárez, March 25, 2008
Two men were shot to death in their pickup truck last night after being pursued by their killers, and two others were abandoned on the streets of the Colonia 16 de Septiembre. The two bodies were found about 3 blocks apart in the western area of the city, semi nude and showing signs of torture. The other two men were driving in a Chevrolet pickup in the Colonia Profesora Maria Martinez when an armed commando chased them down and shot them. Witnesses said that the dead men were known in the area by their nicknames “El Pelon” and El Tuercas” (Baldy and Nuts).
El Diario, Ciudad Juárez, March 25, 2008
CHIHUAHUA—Two months after suspending public activities due to a viral illness that caused partial facial paralysis, Governor Reyes Baeza Terrazas announced his return to public life, including travel outside the state. He reported that he had been treated with acupuncture which accelerated his recovery of mobility in the right side of his face.
El Diario, Ciudad Juárez, March 25, 2008
More than 40 unidentified bodies have been buried in a common grave, said Rosa Padilla Hernandez, coordinator of the Forensic Medical Service. “We are working at maximum capacity with 103 employees working three shifts, but this has been one of the most