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El Diario, Ciudad Juárez, April 2, 2008
The shriveled body of a woman was found yesterday afternoon in an unpopulated area southeast of the city. The body was found at the end of Avenida Manuel Talamas Camandari, where a new housing development is under construction. Authorities gave no estimation of the date of death of the unidentified victim, however, there was no flesh on the face and arms, and other parts of the body were desiccated.
El Paso Times, April 2, 2008
The Mexican army on Tuesday rescued three men, including an El Pasoan, who had been kidnapped and were being detained in a home in Juárez, Channel 26-KINT (Cable channel 2) reported. The men were found handcuffed inside a home in an upscale neighborhood during a military operation responding to an anonymous tip about narcotics activity.
El Diario, Ciudad Juárez, April 2, 2008
Due to fear of being attacked or detained by army soldiers, more than 50% of municipal police suspended patrols during the first shift and agreed to respond only to emergency calls.
El Diario, Ciudad Juárez, April 2, 2008
Fifteen state police officers detained last Tuesday by the military were turned over to the Federal Attorney General’s Office to determine if they will be charged with any crimes.
El Diario, Ciudad Juárez, April 3, 2008
Municipal police testified yesterday in a court hearing that they had been tied, blindfolded, beaten and tortured with electric shocks by soldiers and federal police who detained them before turning them over to the federal prosecutor.
El Paso Times, April 3, 2008
Juárez city officials said Wednesday evening that they have developed contingency plans after rumors that some municipal police officers plan to go on a “labor stoppage” in protest of the Mexican army and federal police in the city. Mayor José Reyes Ferriz said plans are in place to make up for any stoppage and that residents should welcome the opportunity to eliminate bad officers.
El Diario, Ciudad Juárez, April 3, 2008
This morning, the Federal Prosecutor’s Office released four women—Cinthya Cecilia Soto, Silvia Marcela Soto Alvídrez, Imelda Villegas and Yadhira Meza Ramírez—who had been detained for two days by the army. Unofficial sources said that more agents will be released later today.
El Diario, Ciudad Juárez, April 3, 2008
Two armed men assaulted a branch of Scotiabank, the 14th violent bank robbery this year.
El Diario, Ciudad Juárez, April 3, 2008
The Coordinating Business Council and the municipality today presented their proposal to the governor to establish a security network in the city with more than 3,000 video cameras in stores, banks and schools. “These strategies will be implemented in less than three weeks,” said Mayor José Reyes Ferriz.
El Diario, Ciudad Juárez, April 4, 2008
“We are going to continue with the internal investigation of the public security forces until they are completely cleaned up and sanitized,” said Governor José Reyes Baeza, during the third day of protests by human right activists and family members of the police agents arrested by the Mexican army. Reyes Baeza said that the special operation would decrease the problem of atypical violence in Juárez during the last two months and he dismissed the idea that “narco-trafficking rules in Chihuahua.”
El Paso Times, April 4, 2008
The Mexican army has detained 22 employees of the Chihuahua state attorney general’s office and the state public security office as part of operations targeting organized crime. The detainees were being questioned on Thursday about possible