Body found smoldering in Juárez
February 19, 2009
The body of a man who had been set on fire was still smoldering when he was found dead Wednesday afternoon in central Juárez as the area homicide toll surpassed 300 for the year, Chihuahua state police said.
Written by Daniel Borunda, The El Paso Times
The body of a man who had been set on fire was still smoldering when he was found dead Wednesday afternoon in central Juárez as the area homicide toll surpassed 300 for the year, Chihuahua state police said.
Firefighters were called to extinguish the unidentified body in colonia Aztecas. An autopsy was to be conducted. Authorities didn't know how the man caught fire.
And for the second time in two days, two men were left decapitated, this time in the central park Tuesday night next to a sign with a message "directed at kidnappers, extortionists and auto thieves," state police said.
The unidentified men, who were in their 20s, had apparently been tortured and had multiple bruises and cuts, police said. One man had an exposed broken right arm and elbow. Their underwear had been pulled down.
Their heads were inside plastic bags, one head completely wrapped in tape and the other blindfolded. A trash bag with clothing was also found, police said.
The decapitations were part of 10 homicides Tuesday, including the ambush-slaying of the Juárez police director and three officers. There had been at least four deaths as of Wednesday evening.
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