Mexico murder: Female couple shot and dismembered
2 years, 11 months ago

Mexico murder: Female couple shot and dismembered

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The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The two 28-year-old Mexican citizens, Nohemí Medina Martínez and Yulizsa Ramírez, had been living in El Paso but were visiting family in Ciudad Juárez before killing, Spanish-language newspaper El Diario reported. Chihuahua Committee for Sexual Diversity director Karen Arvizo told The Daily Mail that three children were left orphaned by the brutal killings of the couple, who were said to have been married in July 2021. Chihuahua State Office of the Attorney General identified two bodies, which were found on Sunday morning about 17 miles apart on Juares-El Porvenir Road in the neighbourhoods of San Agustin and Jesus Carranza.

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Gang violence in Mexico: 19 bodies discovered in latest grisly find
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Gang violence in Mexico: 19 bodies discovered in latest grisly find

LA Times  

Social media users in Mexico have been circulating a video featuring especially grisly images: a tangle of bloodied bodies, some in tactical gear, lying in a dump truck. This week, Mexican authorities said they discovered 19 bodies on an isolated dirt road, the latest deaths in a brutal trafficking war that has convulsed Mexico’s poorest and southernmost state. “The traffic …

Capital murder charges filed against 2 Venezuelan men in the death of a 12-year-old girl in Houston
6 months ago

Capital murder charges filed against 2 Venezuelan men in the death of a 12-year-old girl in Houston

The Independent  

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Vigilante mob in Mexico tourist city brutally beats woman accused of kidnapping girl
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Vigilante mob in Mexico tourist city brutally beats woman accused of kidnapping girl

The Independent  

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Texas father and son arrested in killings of pregnant woman and her boyfriend
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Texas father and son arrested in killings of pregnant woman and her boyfriend

LA Times  

Police cordon off the scene where two bodies were discovered the day after Christmas in San Antonio. The arrests Wednesday night came more than a week after the bodies of Savanah Nicole Soto, 18, and Matthew Guerra, 22, were found in the parking lot of a San Antonio apartment complex, a crime scene that the city’s police chief originally described …

Mass shootings in Mexico become an issue in the presidential race
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Mass shootings in Mexico become an issue in the presidential race

LA Times  

Men carry the coffin of one of the 11 people killed by gunmen at a Christmas party during his funeral in Salvatierra, Mexico, on Dec. 19, 2023. “The gunmen just went in and began shooting,” said Luis Almanza, whose son was among the revelers smashing a piñata and dancing to a live norteño band inside a former hacienda. “They wanted …

Bodies suspected to be pregnant woman and boyfriend were shot, police in Texas say
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Bodies suspected to be pregnant woman and boyfriend were shot, police in Texas say

Associated Press  

SAN ANTONIO — The dead bodies that Texas investigators believe to have been a pregnant woman and her boyfriend were found with gunshot wounds days after they were reported missing, police said Wednesday. A medical examiner has yet to confirm that it was the bodies of Savanah Nicole Soto, 18, and Matthew Guerra, 22, that police found in a car …

Texas Woman Sentenced For Fatally Stabbing Tourist She Found In Bed With Her Boyfriend
1 year ago

Texas Woman Sentenced For Fatally Stabbing Tourist She Found In Bed With Her Boyfriend

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING DALLAS — A Texas woman who cut off her ankle monitor and fled the country while awaiting trial last year was found guilty of murder on Wednesday in the fatal stabbing of a 23-year-old Seattle woman. A jury in Dallas convicted Lisa Dykes of murder and tampering with evidence in the 2020 killing of Marisela Botello-Valadez following …

4 news photographers shot in southern Mexico, a case authorities consider attempted murder
1 year ago

4 news photographers shot in southern Mexico, a case authorities consider attempted murder

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Unidentified assailants on Tuesday wounded four news photographers in the violence-wracked southern Mexican city of Chilpancingo, authorities said. The press group Reporters Without Borders said the attack occurred just outside the local army barracks, as the photographers were returning from covering an event. The shootings and abductions mark some of the largest mass attacks on reporters in …

Woman is shot, kidnapped and killed while out with her boyfriend in a Whittier park
1 year, 4 months ago

Woman is shot, kidnapped and killed while out with her boyfriend in a Whittier park

LA Times  

Andrea Vazquez, 19, of Downey was kidnapped and killed in what police say was a random attack in Whittier park. Andrea Vazquez and her boyfriend were at Penn Park in Whittier, sitting on the trunk of his car just after midnight Sunday, when a gunman began shooting at them in a random attack, police say. “Their pain and grief is …

Man arrested over sexual assault and murder of 11-year-old Texas girl
1 year, 4 months ago

Man arrested over sexual assault and murder of 11-year-old Texas girl

The Independent  

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Amid femicide epidemic, Mexico prosecutor charged with cover-up in a single mom’s death
1 year, 4 months ago

Amid femicide epidemic, Mexico prosecutor charged with cover-up in a single mom’s death

LA Times  

Feminist groups in Mexico City march to protest the slaying of Ariadna López, whose body was found dumped in the state of Morelos. Her family took the issue to authorities in Mexico City, where a forensic team found that López had died of “multiple trauma” from an assault — contradicting the findings in Morelos. “Never again should a femicide be …

Mexico investigates possible case of extrajudicial killings by soldiers
1 year, 6 months ago

Mexico investigates possible case of extrajudicial killings by soldiers

The Hindu  

Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office is investigating a possible case of extrajudicial killings by soldiers that left five men dead in May in the northern border city of Nuevo Laredo, according to a federal official. The incident would be at least the second case of apparently extrajudicial killings in Nuevo Laredo this year. The men were apparently unarmed and in a …

Mexico withdraws prison sentence against of who killed her rapist in self defense
1 year, 7 months ago

Mexico withdraws prison sentence against of who killed her rapist in self defense

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In a ruling last week that touched off a …

She killed the man raping her. Now Mexican woman faces 6 years in prison
1 year, 7 months ago

She killed the man raping her. Now Mexican woman faces 6 years in prison

The Independent  

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Mexico charges 4 soldiers with killings in Nuevo Laredo
1 year, 8 months ago

Mexico charges 4 soldiers with killings in Nuevo Laredo

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexican prosecutors formally presented homicide charges Monday against four soldiers implicated in the Feb. 26 shooting deaths of five men in the border city of Nuevo Laredo. The civilian court system said the four soldiers will be held in pre-trial detention at an army base in Mexico City which houses a military prison. The report claimed those …

Mexico opens homicide probe, names 8 guards as suspects in fire that killed 39 migrants
1 year, 8 months ago

Mexico opens homicide probe, names 8 guards as suspects in fire that killed 39 migrants

LA Times  

A Venezuelan girl attends a candlelight vigil Tuesday for victims of this week’s fire at a migrant detention center in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Mexican authorities said Wednesday that the deaths of 39 men in a fire inside an immigrant detention center here are being investigated as homicides and that they were planning to arrest eight guards. The fire, the deadliest …

Mexico kidnapping news: Gulf cartel sends apology for Matamoros attack as victims’ criminal records probed
1 year, 9 months ago

Mexico kidnapping news: Gulf cartel sends apology for Matamoros attack as victims’ criminal records probed

The Independent  

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Letter claims Mexican cartel handed over men who killed Americans
1 year, 9 months ago

Letter claims Mexican cartel handed over men who killed Americans

Associated Press  

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico — A letter claiming to be from the Mexican drug cartel blamed for abducting four Americans and killing two of them condemned the violence and said the gang turned over to authorities its own members who were responsible. In a letter obtained by The Associated Press through a Tamaulipas state law enforcement official, the Scorpions faction of …

The bodies of 2 Americans who were kidnapped in Mexico have been returned to the U.S.
1 year, 9 months ago

The bodies of 2 Americans who were kidnapped in Mexico have been returned to the U.S.

NPR  

The bodies of 2 Americans who were kidnapped in Mexico have been returned to the U.S. Enlarge this image toggle caption AP AP MATAMOROS, Mexico — The Mexican authorities returned the bodies of the two Americans killed in the border city of Matamoros. After autopsies were conducted, security forces escorted the remains of Shaeed Woodard and Zindell Brown late Thursday …

Mexican troops, border residents clash after 5 shot, killed
1 year, 9 months ago

Mexican troops, border residents clash after 5 shot, killed

Associated Press  

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico — A shooting by Mexican army soldiers left five people dead in the rough border city of Nuevo Laredo, igniting a clash between the soldiers and residents who came to the scene to protest. The incident provoked a scuffle between soldiers and a large group of angry residents who believed the “victims were not armed and that …

Mexico confirms US resident was among 4 killed in Zacatecas
1 year, 10 months ago

Mexico confirms US resident was among 4 killed in Zacatecas

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Authorities in north-central Mexico on Wednesday confirmed that a U.S. resident was among four people who were killed in the state of Zacatecas around Christmas. The state prosecutors office confirmed the identity of the man as José Melesio Gutiérrez. The man’s employer, the Cincinnati, Ohio, firm Champlin Architecture, said in a social media post that he “died …

Gang leader freed in Mexico prison attack that killed 17
1 year, 11 months ago

Gang leader freed in Mexico prison attack that killed 17

The Independent  

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Woman flew 3,000 miles to meet online boyfriend before being murdered for her organs
2 years ago

Woman flew 3,000 miles to meet online boyfriend before being murdered for her organs

The Independent  

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Murders at the border and attacks in Jalisco and Guanajuato stun Mexico
2 years, 4 months ago

Murders at the border and attacks in Jalisco and Guanajuato stun Mexico

LA Times  

Members of the Mexican army and forensic experts work at the site where four radio station workers were killed and two restaurant employees were wounded in Ciudad Juarez, state of Chihuahua, Mexico, on Friday. On Friday, hundreds of Mexican troops were dispatched to the northern border city of Ciudad Juárez in a bid to bolster security after a series of …

Mexican journalist killed in bar shooting — 13th this year
2 years, 4 months ago

Mexican journalist killed in bar shooting — 13th this year

Al Jazeera  

As Mexico grapples with a wave of violence against members of the press, small local outlets are especially at risk. Three people, including a prominent local journalist, have been shot dead inside a bar in central Mexico, marking the 13th murder of a media worker this year as violence against Mexican journalists escalates. Guanajuato Governor Diego Rodriguez Vallejo condemned the …

Mexican journalist shot, marks 12th reporter murdered this year
2 years, 5 months ago

Mexican journalist shot, marks 12th reporter murdered this year

Al Jazeera  

Violence targeting reporters in Mexico continues to rise, as 47-year-old Antonio de la Cruz was shot outside his home. The victim, 47-year-old Antonio de la Cruz, a reporter for the regional newspaper Expreso, is the 12th Mexican journalist murdered this year amid rising violence against members of the press. The shooting of de la Cruz is the latest in a …

2 journalists killed in Mexico — the 10th and 11th of the year
2 years, 7 months ago

2 journalists killed in Mexico — the 10th and 11th of the year

LA Times  

Just as Mexican journalists prepared to protest the killing of a journalist last week, word came Monday that two more were shot to death in the gulf coast state of Veracruz, raising to 11 the number of such killings in the country this year. The Veracruz state prosecutor’s office said via Twitter that it was investigating the killings of Yessenia …

Murdered Mexico teen Debanhi Escobar was seen entering motel where her body was found alone
2 years, 7 months ago

Murdered Mexico teen Debanhi Escobar was seen entering motel where her body was found alone

The Independent  

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Debanhi Escobar: Mexican women protest following murder of woman after haunting last photo went viral
2 years, 7 months ago

Debanhi Escobar: Mexican women protest following murder of woman after haunting last photo went viral

The Independent  

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19 Bodies Found After Shooting in Central Mexico
2 years, 8 months ago

19 Bodies Found After Shooting in Central Mexico

News 18  

Nineteen people were shot and killed in central Mexico on Sunday, the State Attorney General’s Office said in a statement. The attack was believed to be motivated by “revenge” by one cell of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel against another, deputy security minister Ricardo Mejia said. Earlier this month gunmen killed nine people in an attack on a house in …

Mexican journalist killed 6 weeks after colleague's murder
2 years, 9 months ago

Mexican journalist killed 6 weeks after colleague's murder

The Independent  

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Another journalist shot dead in Mexico, eighth so far this year
2 years, 9 months ago

Another journalist shot dead in Mexico, eighth so far this year

Al Jazeera  

Armando Linares, director of Monitor Michoacan, the latest to be murdered in a spate of killings that has stirred international concern. “We wrote a lot about illegal logging and also a lot of issues like corruption in the municipal government.” Drug cartels Drug cartels in Mexico often make money by protecting illegal logging or extorting protection payments from avocado growers. …

Suspect arrested in killing of three Mexican cousins in Phoenix
2 years, 9 months ago

Suspect arrested in killing of three Mexican cousins in Phoenix

The Independent  

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Heber Lopez fifth journalist murdered in Mexico this year
2 years, 10 months ago

Heber Lopez fifth journalist murdered in Mexico this year

Al Jazeera  

Advocates say the first six weeks of 2022 have been the deadliest for journalists in Mexico in 10 years. Heber Lopez, director of Mexican online news site Noticias Web, has been fatally shot, becoming the fifth journalist to be murdered in the country since the beginning of the year. Jan-Albert Hootsen, the Mexico representative for the Committee to Protect Journalists, …

Second Mexican journalist killed in Tijuana in less than a week
2 years, 11 months ago

Second Mexican journalist killed in Tijuana in less than a week

Al Jazeera  

Lourdes Maldonado Lopez was murdered days after Margarito Martinez was found fatally shot in the Mexican border city. Authorities in Mexico say a journalist has been murdered in Tijuana, the second killing of a media worker in the border city in less than a week and the latest in a string of killings in one of the world’s most dangerous …

Two Canadian tourists shot dead at Mexican resort
2 years, 11 months ago

Two Canadian tourists shot dead at Mexican resort

The Independent  

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Family and colleagues of a Mexican crime photographer gather to pay final respects
2 years, 11 months ago

Family and colleagues of a Mexican crime photographer gather to pay final respects

NPR  

Family and colleagues of a Mexican crime photographer gather to pay final respects Photojournalist Margarito Martinez was shot dead this week in the northern border city of Tijuana, the second journalist to be killed in Mexico in just weeks. A MARTINEZ, HOST: Family and colleagues of a well-known crime photographer in Mexico gathered last night to pay their final respects. …

Margarito Martinez: Mexican journalist shot dead outside home
2 years, 11 months ago

Margarito Martinez: Mexican journalist shot dead outside home

Al Jazeera  

Margarito Martinez, 49, who covered police and crime, was fatally shot near his home in Tijuana, near the US border. Margarito Martinez, 49, was found near his home with a fatal gunshot wound to his head on Monday, the security secretariat in the northwestern state of Baja California said in a statement. Media rights group Yo So Soy Periodista said …

2 police hanged from bridge in Mexico, 7 killed in shooting
3 years, 6 months ago

2 police hanged from bridge in Mexico, 7 killed in shooting

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Authorities in northern Mexico said Wednesday they found the bodies of two abducted police officers hanging from an overpass, and the bodies of seven people shot to death in a neighboring city. The killings in Zacatecas came one day after prosecutors in Mexico’s most violent state, Guanajuato, reported seven men were shot to death at a mechanic’s …

Mexico: Woman who died in police custody also was abused
3 years, 8 months ago

Mexico: Woman who died in police custody also was abused

The Independent  

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Outrage grows over police custody death in Mexico
3 years, 8 months ago

Outrage grows over police custody death in Mexico

The Independent  

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Families begin burying murdered Guatemalan migrants
3 years, 9 months ago

Families begin burying murdered Guatemalan migrants

Associated Press  

COMITANCILLO, Guatemala — Families of some of the 16 Guatemalan migrants killed near the Mexico-U.S. border in late January began burying their remains Saturday in the town of Comitancillo, where 11 of the victims were from. The migrants’ charred bodies arrived Friday night to the region near Guatemala’s border with Mexico after being sent from the other side of Mexico, …

Families begin burying murdered Guatemalan migrants
3 years, 9 months ago

Families begin burying murdered Guatemalan migrants

The Independent  

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In Guatemala, families say 13 killed in Mexico were migrants
3 years, 10 months ago

In Guatemala, families say 13 killed in Mexico were migrants

Associated Press  

COMITANCILLO, Guatemala — In this impoverished Indigenous village, families are convinced that 13 of their relatives were among the 19 bullet-ridden, burned bodies found in northern Mexico near the U.S. border last week. Roman Catholic leaders in Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico’s southern state of Chiapas said in an open letter to Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei and Mexican President Andrés Manuel …

Mexican journalist shot dead while reporting discovery of human remains
4 years, 1 month ago

Mexican journalist shot dead while reporting discovery of human remains

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