Post by HeadMarshal on Apr 12, 2013 14:35:17 GMT -5
Aired in 1999 and 2001 on AMW, the brutal sex-slayings of dozens of women and young girls in Ciudad Juarez and nearby Chihuahua City continue to be discussed by activists, journalists and armchair sleuths. Everyone has their own opinions on the what is known as the "femicides" and to some extent, many of the explainations are somewhat correct. The book " The Killing Fields: Harvest Of Women" by El Paso, Texas journalist Diana Washington Valdez (which includes reviews by retired FBI, DEA and US Customs Agents officials) provides what I consider to be the most accurate explainations behind these crimes. I'll try to make this as simple as possible.
A witness to a meeting held in the state of Chihuahua presumably in the early 90s (American and Mexican intelligence confirmed the meeting took place) was introduced to the terms of deal signed between Mexican and Colombian individuals. The state of Chihuahua had been sold to Colombian drug trafficking interests, an enormous sum of money was to be made from this pact. A list of names was passed to attendes with the message that none of them were to be arrested by authorities. Some of the names on the list were later linked to the murders of women that would take place afterwards. This deal would finalize the Carrillo Fuentes family's take over of the Juarez Drug Cartel. Amado Carillo Fuentes would take over the cartel and other drug lords would be killed as a result. Those who provided services for the cartel were excempt from arrest and prosecution.
The serial sex-slayings of women would officially start in 1993 in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua. Later, the slayings would spread to the capital of Chihuahua State, Chihuahua City in 1999. Numerous men were charged and imprisoned for the slayings, however they were the scapegoats, innocent people arrested so that the real killers would be untouched. Intelligence by both the US and Mexico would implicate several groups that were involved in the crimes. They included, two or more serial killers, two violent gangs that kill women to initate new members, drug traffickers, a group of powerful men and any number of copycats.
Clusters of women were found in 1995, 1996, 2001, 2002-2003 and in a section of Juarez known as the "Valle De Juarez" during the height of the Juarez Drug Wars. These various groups likely shared the burial sites as the police were the ones who likely disposed of the bodies. Although many say the majority of the victims were workers who were heading or leaving from work at foreign-owned factories, many of the victims were lured by people associated by several businesses in downtown Juarez.
Two names are possible as far as the "serial killers" go. Pedro Padilla Flores was arrested in 1986 for the sex-slayings of two women and a 13-year old girl. He escaped from a Chihuahua State rehabiliation center in 1991 and is still at large. Alejandro Maynez was the adopted son of a powerful businessmen who probably killed several women in the 90s. He was last suspected of residing somewhere in the US.
Out of the 500+ gangs that operate in Ciudad Juarez, two of them were known to rape and kill women to test new members. These gangs were key players in the city-wide drug trade in Ciudad Juarez.
A source claimed that drug traffickers who travel from the Mexican state of Durango to the US-Mexico border killed women simply because they knew they could get away with it. Mexican intelligence stated that members of the La Linea (the armed wing of the Juarez Drug Cartel) would kill women to celebrate major drug shipments across the US-Mexico border.
A group of powerful corrupt businessmen would kill women for different reasons at different times. They are extremely affluent and enjoyed seeing "the pain of women on videotapes". They likely provided money laundering services for the Juarez Cartel (except for one who was associated with the Tijuana Cartel). They hired people to lure women in downtown Ciudad Juarez.
And then you have copycats who took advantage of the crimes to hide involvement in their own crimes.
The investigations into these crimes have gone almost nowhere in terms of actual arrests of guilty parties. It doesn't help that Mexico's statue of limitations for murder is only 14 years. However it would be very hard to believe that some of the gang members, drug traffickers and those who had information about these crimes weren't murdered in the Juarez Drug War between 2008-2012.
The crimes spread to Chihuahua City in 1999, the same time when members of the Juarez Cartel moved their operations to the state capital in order to avoid apprehension by US authorities across the border. Similar murders occured in Tijuana, Nuevo Laredo, Matamoros, Veracruz, Guatemala and Chile which were likely connected to these crimes.
The only likely possibility for any real resoultion in some of these crimes would come from the arrest of FBI Top Ten fugitive Fidel "Tonorio" Urbina. Information as to why I think he's involved can be found in his thread.
Thoughts?
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A witness to a meeting held in the state of Chihuahua presumably in the early 90s (American and Mexican intelligence confirmed the meeting took place) was introduced to the terms of deal signed between Mexican and Colombian individuals. The state of Chihuahua had been sold to Colombian drug trafficking interests, an enormous sum of money was to be made from this pact. A list of names was passed to attendes with the message that none of them were to be arrested by authorities. Some of the names on the list were later linked to the murders of women that would take place afterwards. This deal would finalize the Carrillo Fuentes family's take over of the Juarez Drug Cartel. Amado Carillo Fuentes would take over the cartel and other drug lords would be killed as a result. Those who provided services for the cartel were excempt from arrest and prosecution.
The serial sex-slayings of women would officially start in 1993 in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua. Later, the slayings would spread to the capital of Chihuahua State, Chihuahua City in 1999. Numerous men were charged and imprisoned for the slayings, however they were the scapegoats, innocent people arrested so that the real killers would be untouched. Intelligence by both the US and Mexico would implicate several groups that were involved in the crimes. They included, two or more serial killers, two violent gangs that kill women to initate new members, drug traffickers, a group of powerful men and any number of copycats.
Clusters of women were found in 1995, 1996, 2001, 2002-2003 and in a section of Juarez known as the "Valle De Juarez" during the height of the Juarez Drug Wars. These various groups likely shared the burial sites as the police were the ones who likely disposed of the bodies. Although many say the majority of the victims were workers who were heading or leaving from work at foreign-owned factories, many of the victims were lured by people associated by several businesses in downtown Juarez.
Two names are possible as far as the "serial killers" go. Pedro Padilla Flores was arrested in 1986 for the sex-slayings of two women and a 13-year old girl. He escaped from a Chihuahua State rehabiliation center in 1991 and is still at large. Alejandro Maynez was the adopted son of a powerful businessmen who probably killed several women in the 90s. He was last suspected of residing somewhere in the US.
Out of the 500+ gangs that operate in Ciudad Juarez, two of them were known to rape and kill women to test new members. These gangs were key players in the city-wide drug trade in Ciudad Juarez.
A source claimed that drug traffickers who travel from the Mexican state of Durango to the US-Mexico border killed women simply because they knew they could get away with it. Mexican intelligence stated that members of the La Linea (the armed wing of the Juarez Drug Cartel) would kill women to celebrate major drug shipments across the US-Mexico border.
A group of powerful corrupt businessmen would kill women for different reasons at different times. They are extremely affluent and enjoyed seeing "the pain of women on videotapes". They likely provided money laundering services for the Juarez Cartel (except for one who was associated with the Tijuana Cartel). They hired people to lure women in downtown Ciudad Juarez.
And then you have copycats who took advantage of the crimes to hide involvement in their own crimes.
The investigations into these crimes have gone almost nowhere in terms of actual arrests of guilty parties. It doesn't help that Mexico's statue of limitations for murder is only 14 years. However it would be very hard to believe that some of the gang members, drug traffickers and those who had information about these crimes weren't murdered in the Juarez Drug War between 2008-2012.
The crimes spread to Chihuahua City in 1999, the same time when members of the Juarez Cartel moved their operations to the state capital in order to avoid apprehension by US authorities across the border. Similar murders occured in Tijuana, Nuevo Laredo, Matamoros, Veracruz, Guatemala and Chile which were likely connected to these crimes.
The only likely possibility for any real resoultion in some of these crimes would come from the arrest of FBI Top Ten fugitive Fidel "Tonorio" Urbina. Information as to why I think he's involved can be found in his thread.
Thoughts?
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