MEXICO CITY, May 2 (EL UNIVERSAL) – Between April 15 and 28, three cases have shocked and outraged Mexico City: the femicides of Carolina Flores and Edith Guadalupe, as well as the multi-homicide of a family in the Azcapotzalco borough. These cases, in addition to causing great commotion, highlight the growing wave of violence experienced in the country’s capital.
April 28: Azcapotzalco Multi-Homicide
On Tuesday, April 28, the Mexico City Attorney General’s Office (FGJ) initiated an investigation after the discovery of four bodies in a house in the Nueva Santa María neighborhood of the Azcapotzalco borough. The victims, a man and a woman approximately 47 years old, as well as two minors aged 16 and 12, all members of the same family, reportedly died from stab wounds. They were found by a relative who came to visit them.
According to some neighbors, the family owned a pharmacy, and on the day of the crime, screams and an argument were heard.
In addition to the multi-homicide, the alleged criminals reportedly stole two vans, which they used to flee the scene. The vehicles were tracked through an operation coordinated with authorities from the State of Mexico, and hours later, the vehicles were located in the municipality of Atizapán de Zaragoza.
Upon locating the first vehicle on Calzada De los Jinetes, a 24-year-old woman and two men aged 21 and 36 were reportedly arrested. The group was found with a firearm with nine live cartridges, a second magazine with nine cartridges, a silencer, and 95 doses of apparent marijuana and cocaine.
Upon finding the second vehicle, located in the parking lot of a hotel on Avenida Jorge Jiménez Cantú, the fourth alleged perpetrator of the car theft – and the alleged material author of the murders – attacked police officers. However, the officers repelled the aggression and wounded him. Due to his injuries, he was transferred to a hospital under custody. All involved parties were referred to the Public Ministry to determine their legal status.
Meanwhile, in the Azcapotzalco borough, the property remained under the custody of the FGJ and the Mexico City Secretariat of Citizen Security. Additionally, relatives of the deceased waited at the scene for the property to be sealed. Furthermore, residents near the crime scene stated that one of the detainees frequently visited the family. It is known that one of the detainees was the boyfriend of the 16-year-old girl, which is why neighbors frequently saw him at the address on Guanábana 146 in the Nueva Santa María neighborhood.
This Friday, the four victims of the multi-homicide were buried in a cemetery in Naucalpan, State of Mexico.
April 17: Edith Guadalupe’s Femicide
On Wednesday, April 15, Edith Guadalupe left her home in Iztapalapa on a motorcycle from a private transport application, heading to a job interview at a property on Avenida Revolución, in the south of Mexico City. After several hours, her family lost contact with her, so they decided to mobilize to find her.
Upon going to the authorities to report the disappearance, the family encountered multiple obstacles. The first was the negligence of the FGJ personnel to search for Edith until 72 hours had passed. Without waiting, the family decided to reconstruct the young woman’s route and destination by consulting the cameras of the Command, Control, Computing, Communications and Citizen Contact Center (C5) of Mexico City and other video surveillance devices.
The investigation led them to property 829 on Avenida Revolución. There, the security guard and the building administrator assured them that the girl had never entered the facilities. The family returned to the Prosecutor’s Office to hand over the evidence and request an inspection of the property, but again they were hindered by the authorities, who allegedly asked for money to continue the investigation.
In protest and to pressure the authorities, Edith Guadalupe’s loved ones closed Avenida Revolución from the afternoon-evening of Thursday, April 16. The action had an effect, and around 1:30 AM on Friday, April 17, investigations began to find clues about Edith’s presence in the area. Hours later, the young woman’s body was found inside a black bag in one of the underground parking lots.
The incident was condemned by the Head of Government, Clara Brugada, and by the head of the FGJ, Bertha Alcalde Luján, who also assured that three officials had been removed from their positions for their poor performance during Edith’s search process. Furthermore, on the night of that same Friday, the building’s security guard, Juan Jesús “N”, was arrested for being Edith’s alleged aggressor.
On April 22, Juan Jesús was linked to the process, arguing that there was sufficient evidence to confirm his alleged guilt in the femicide, and three months were set for the complementary investigation. Three days later, the man’s family led a march on Paseo de la Reforma, arguing that he was a victim of a fabricated crime.
On May 1, Juan Jesús “N”‘s defenders mentioned that they were informed that the Prosecutor’s Office required a saliva sample from Juan Jesús to compare it with evidence found at the place where Edith Guadalupe’s body was located.
April 15: The Femicide of Former Beauty Queen, Carolina Flores
Carolina Flores, born in 1999 in Ensenada, Baja California, was a woman dedicated to modeling – notably holding the title of Miss Teen Universe Baja California – and to creating content on social media, where she shared aspects of her daily life.
The influencer, who resided in the Polanco Tercera Sección neighborhood of the Miguel Hidalgo borough in Mexico City, lost her life on April 15, allegedly at the hands of her mother-in-law, named Erika María “N”. A video circulated on social media shows the woman shooting her daughter-in-law six times in the home Carolina shared with her husband, Alejandro “N”, and son.
In the audiovisual material, the alleged killer argues that she ended her daughter-in-law’s life because she “made her angry,” also telling her son: “You were mine and she stole you.”
Erika María left the scene with complete impunity, and her son reported the crime a day later, on April 16, pointing to his mother as the alleged perpetrator. However, she had fled.
The Mexico City Attorney General’s Office, after considering that Carolina Flores’ death should be investigated as a femicide, issued an arrest warrant for Erika. Days later, an Interpol red notice was issued to locate her.
On April 29, Erika María “N” was arrested in Venezuela, and the FGJ is currently working on her extradition, as indicated by the head of the agency, Bertha Alcalde Luján, via social media: “Venezuelan authorities carried out the arrest. We are now working on her extradition to Mexico.”
Source: https://es-us.noticias.yahoo.com/sacuden-cdmx-feminicidios-multihomicidio-193810433.html
