Mystery as two more women found dead in same neighborhood near where murdered lesbian couple were dismembered
MYSTERY surrounds the deaths of four women after their bodies were found in bags days apart in two separate murder investigations.
Police announced arrests this week in the brutal slayings of married couple Yulizsa Ramírez and Nohemí Martínez.
The bodies of the Texas residents were found in plastic bags along the road on January 16.
Cops found two other women, who they said were tortured and shot, in another neighborhood in Juarez the next day, the Daily Mail reported.
Their deaths contribute to an alarming number of homicides so far this year in the town located near the US border.
ARRESTS MADE
Police said Ramírez and Martínez lived in El Paso, Texas, and were newlyweds who got married in July of 2021.
They had three young children, two girls and a boy, who are now orphans after their mothers’ bodies were found dismembered.
Police said the couple, both 28 years old, had been visiting family in Mexico before their families reported them missing.
It was revealed this week that police believe a man and woman lured them to a home in the San Isidro neighborhood on January 15.
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Mexican police said the suspects, identified only as Jaqueline Isela CR and David R, murdered and mutilated Ramírez and Martínez at the home.
They then allegedly spread their remains along the Juarez-Porvenir Highway hours later, according to news site Border Report.
Police said their bodies were found in bags, located 17 miles apart, by the roadside between Ciudad Juarez and the town of El Porvenir.
UNKNOWN MOTIVE
A search of the crime scene led to the arrests, according to Border Report, but the motive behind the killings was still unclear as of Friday.
Several LGBTQ+ organizations called for justice in the double homicide, questioning if it was a hate crime since the women were in a same-sex marriage.
The governor of Chihuahua vowed the brutal killings would not go unpunished.
The suspects were set to appear in court on charges of aggravated femicide on January 28.
The legal term reflects enhanced penalties for alleged criminals who target women for violent acts, Border Report explained.
‘TORTURED AND SHOT’
The deaths of Ramírez and Martínez brought the number of women found tortured in Juarez, Mexico, in days to four.
El Paso news outlet KFOX reported two other women were found dumped in bags on January 17, the day after the married couple’s bodies were located.
One woman was dead when cops made the discovery near an intersection in the Patria-Zaragoza neighborhood, authorities said.
A second woman was found alive, crying, but later died, according to Juarez officials.
Mexican news organization El Diario reported that the women, both between 30 and 35 years old, were tortured and shot.
Their identities have yet to be revealed.
‘MOST VIOLENT’ AREA
The deaths of the four women added to a troubling number of homicides so far this year in Ciudad Juárez.
A total of 65 killings have been tallied in the area so far this year, with 11 of the victims being women, according to El Diario.
The Daily Mail reported that Juárez is the most violent of Chihuahua’s 67 municipalities.
Citing data from the Chihuahua State Office of the Attorney General, the news outlet reported 1,424 of the 2,476 homicides in the state in 2021 happened in Juárez, which was an average of four per day.
That followed 2,715 murders in the state in 2020, with 1,507 in Juárez.
It’s not yet known if the murders of the four women whose bodies were found last week are related.
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