Posted on 08/17/2006 7:32:38 PM PDT by LNewman
MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) -- A man suspected of participating in the rapes and killings of at least 10 women in a border city made infamous by the deaths of more than 100 young women since 1993 has been arrested, U.S. officials said Thursday.
U.S. Ambassador Tony Garza called Tuesday's arrest of Edgar Alvarez Cruz on immigration violations in Denver "a major break" in the investigation into the unsolved deaths in Ciudad Juarez, across from El Paso, Texas.
"We believe Alvarez Cruz's arrest will help U.S. and Mexican law enforcement authorities solve numerous cases involving the murders and disappearances of women in Ciudad Juarez and in Chihuahua and ultimately bring their killers to justice," Garza said.
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Attorney General Daniel Cabeza de Vaca told reporters Alvarez Cruz had been under investigation but fled the country.
"We don't know exactly how many homicides he may have been responsible for, but there is solid evidence in several cases we know of," Cabeza de Vaca said.
The U.S. Embassy said Alvarez Cruz may had been involved in the killings as part of a gang.
Just last month, federal officials in Mexico closed a three-year inquiry into the rape-strangulation of 14 women and teenagers in Juarez.
Police did arrest several people in the killings, including an Egyptian chemist who died in prison earlier this year; a bus driver whose conviction was overturned; and his co-defendant who died in prison before sentencing. A group of gang members are serving out sentences related to some of the crimes.
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Head of the cow. LOL!
LOL
Sounds like Mexico may want to tighten up their borders.
Gee, do you think he was coming here to work?
although their prison system seems to be effective.
Since 1993, 400 predominantly poor young women have been found murdered in the Mexican border town of Ciudad Juarez. Despite appeals from the victims' families, Mexican authorities have been loath to investigate, leading to one of the most notorious gender-based human-rights violations in the world. In his gripping documentary ON THE EDGE: THE FEMICIDE IN CIUDAD JUAREZ, filmmaker Steev Hise explores the murders and the social constructs of gender and class that have allowed the tragedies to continue unimpeded.
This is a joke, just like all the other 'depredator' arrests.
He should form a task force with Janet Reno - they would have both ends covered. ;)
Hahahahaha...
Wouldn't Head of Burro and A$$ be more like it?
So is this serial murders done by a Gang?
http://www.floridahistory.com/cabeza.html
Are there still people living in Mexico ?
Interesting info... Thanks..
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