Chihuahua officials look into ritualistic slayings
Chihuahua state authorities are investigating three separate murders of five people with ritualistic overtones.
On Saturday, police reported finding the dismembered body of a man at Avenida de las Torres in northeast Juárez. His heart and genitals were removed, his head and torso separated, and a sign was placed near the body warning that this will happen to anyone who kills innocent women.
Also Saturday, police in Chihuahua City responded to a report of a man’s body that was left near a grocery store. He was strangled, and his severed hands were left on top of a written message. Police did not disclose what the message said.
On Thursday, the bodies of two men and a woman in their early 20s were left strung up on crosses at kilometer marker 77 of the Chihuahua Highway near Cuauhtemoc, Chihuahua. Police reached the site near midnight Thursday, and took down the bodies and crosses.
Another dismembered male body was found Sunday in Juárez, according to news reports.
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