Decapitated Man Found in Cuauhtémoc

Decapitated Man Found in Cuauhtémoc

This article appeared in El Diario De Juárez on August 11, 2008. This translation is rendered as closely as possible to the original wording. (See the orginal article here).

Cuauhtémoc – August 11, 2008 – The decapitated corpse of a yet unidentified person was found on the road leading to Ejido Táscate Águila yesterday during the early hours.

The Deputy Attorney Justice of the Western Zone reported that it was a male between 25 and 30 years of age, approximately 1.70 meters high with brown hair and a dark complexion.

The deceased was wearing a pink long-sleeve shirt, black dress pants, black boots, and a black belt with a cross-shaped buckle. He had a rosary around his neck and was wearing a silver bracelet.

The body was in a prone position with arms bent towards the chest, and was beheaded with his head above the body. On the corpse, there was a card with a message not revealed by the authorities.

According to information provided by the spokeswoman of the agency, Alexa Lara Meraz, the macabre discovery happened around 9:30 am on Sunday, when police officers from the Anahuac branch, gave notice of the facts.

The body of the victim was found on the road leading to the ejido Táscate Águila, about a mile away from Gómez Morín boulevard , where units from the Municipal Public Security arrived and cordoned off the area.

According to forensic pathologists from the Office of Justice in the Western Zone, the cause of death was cerebral laceration caused by the discharge of a firearm.

Ministerial police authorities are investigating the case that joins the long list of executions with similar characteristics happening on a daily basis which the PGJE records in the state.