APPENDIX
“The Dead Women”
of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico
The title The Dead Women is from Dr. Eric J. Lindblom of the Institute of Medicine in Ciudád Juarez, with Harvard University. The following list was compiled from many different lists posted online, each substantially similar. Once the lists were collected, biographical information was added, primarily from documents produced by the organization Casa Amiga, which detailed the stories of the numerous victims. After the information from Casa Amiga was exhausted, other news databases were searched to find further biographical information. Finally, the victims who were certain to have worked in the maquiladoras were highlighted in order to illustrate the connection between the factories located at the Mexican-U.S. border and the escalated number of murders. One hopes the stories of these women will not be lost, but will instead rally the support of those who benefited from their work. – Kelly Varsho, Research Assistant to Elvia R. Arriola, Candidate for J.D., Northern Illinois University College of Law, 2008.
References:
Title Credit:
http://juarez.bravehost.com/
Sources of Lists:
http://juarez.bravehost.com/
http://womenofjuarez.egenerica.com/content/view/36/2/
http://www.thing.net/~cocofusco/List.html
http://cleveland.indymedia.org/news/2003/12/7638.php
Biographical Information:
http://www.casa-amiga.org/Femicides.html
The Dead Women
1. Abigail González Benítez (06.07.03 - 42)
2. Adriana Acevedo Juárez o Adriana Saucedo Juárez (17.10.00 - 25)
Man and woman murdered. Two unknown suspects who later fled, fired at a new car. The people were leaving from the Hipermart Mall parking lot. The events took place in front of the cinema located there; several people threw themselves to the ground in order to avoid the gunfire. The victims’ names are: Omar Ortiz Ochoa and Adriana Saucedo Juárez. Adriana Saucedo was 17 years old and worked as a secretary in the County Police Station.
3. Adriana Cecilia Adriano (24.02.03 - 20)
4. Adriana Iveth Gonzalez (15.08.05 - 15)
A week after Adriana Iveth González Zavala, 15, went missing, her body – with hands and feet bound – was found in a nearby village. Adriana’s cousin, Erika Ivón Ruiz Zavala, had been murdered in 2001; that crime remains unpunished.
5. Adriana Martínez Martínez (15.10.95)
6. Adriana Torres Márquez (02.11.95 - 15)
Brown hair, black shoes, dark glasses with gold border, “Silver Red” pants size 28, jean shirt, white bra and socks. Broken neck, right breast cut-off, left nipple bitten off. Body found behind Santa Elena Farm on Casas Grandes Highway.
7. Aída Araceli Lozano Bolaños o Araceli Lozano Bolaños (01.08.98 - 24)
8. Aída Avila Hernández (03.07.03 - 18)
9. Aída Carrillo Rodríguez o Aída Carrillo (07.07.00 - 26)
Hired assassins tried to kill a man, but by accident they killed an innocent victim who was traveling with her family and who was going to fill her car’s gas tank at a gas station located on Hermanos Escobar and Rafael Pérez Serna. She lived in El Paso, Texas. She was identified as Aida Carrillo, age 24. She died from a bullet in the nape of the neck. Her two-year-old son was in the car with her as well and was covered in blood which means that he may have been injured as well.
10. Airis Estrella Enriquez (16.05.05 - 7)
On May 16 the body of Airis Estrella Enríquez, 7, was found in a cement-filled drum on a highway on the outskirts of Ciudad Juárez. She had been missing since May 2. Airis had been brutally raped and killed. Luis García Villalbazo was arrested on June 24 for the crime. Although he confessed to raping three other girls that identified him as their aggressor, he denies killing Airis.
11. Alejandra Bisceas Castro o Alejandra Viescas Castro (21.03.95 - 13)
12. Alejandra del Castillo Holguín o Perla del Castillo Holguín o Perla del Castillo (11.03.00 - 29)
Also, on March 11, the body of Alejandra del Castillo Holguín, was found strangled in the back of a 1999 red Lincoln Navigator, owned by her sister Perla, 29, who has been missing since December 28, however the family had not reported her missing until this incident. According to the special investigator of the murders of women, Alejandra was last seen at on March 11 at a club in Cd. Juárez in her car surrounded by armed men in black uniforms. Her body was discovered the next day on the southeast side of town. Her body was wrapped in a beige blanket, had been strangled and evidently tortured, and there were signs of duct tape on her face. Neither Perla or Alejandra had jobs that anyone knew of, however, Perla had recently purchased the home where Alejandra and their mother lived in Las Alamedas, a wealthy area of Cd. Juárez, and when Alejandra disappeared in December of 1999, she left behind her four-year-old daughter.
13. Alejandra Janeth Diaz Sánchez (17.09.05 - 13)
The body of Alejandra Díaz Sánchez, 13, was found inside her home in Ciudad Juárez. She had been raped and beheaded.
14. Alejandra Medrano Chavarria (25.01.05 - 25)
The body of Alejandra Medrano Chavarría was found in the street in Ciudad Juarez. She had been strangled to death.
15. Alexis Guadalupe Ramírez (16.05.00 - 24-27)
16. Alma Brisa Molina Baca (26.07.04 - 34)
Alma Brisa Molina, a 34-year-old factory worker, was found murdered in Juárez on July 26. She had been raped and strangled to death. Her body, partially clothed in a bra and panties, was found by passers-by behind a shopping center not far from the offices of the state judicial and municipal police. Jorge Ramos was arrested and charged with the murder. (Authorities did not charge him with rape because they claimed the victim tried to charge him for having intercourse with her.)
17. Alma Delia Chávez Marquez (21.05.04)
18. Alma Delia Moreno Cadena (09.09.05 - 45)
An elementary school teacher and her 21-year-old daughter were found murdered in different parts of Ciudad Juárez. The victims, Alma Delia Moreno Cadena and Diana Belem Ortega Moreno, were allegedly killed by two private security guards in the neighborhood where they lived.
19. Alma García (08.01.02 - 30)
January 8th. Alma García, 30 years, is found frozen to death on the street.
20. Alma Mireya Chavarría Fávila o Alma Chavira Farel (21.01.93 - 5)
Young girl strangled and beaten, raped both anally and vaginally, bruise on the chin and a black eye. Was wearing a white sweater with design and short blue pants. Occurred in Campestre Virreyes.
21. Alma Neli Osorio Bejarano (18.11.01 - 21)
22. Amalia Morales Hernández (13.02.03 - 37)
23. Amalia Saucedo Díaz de León (30.11.97 - 33)
Another woman murdered. Body discovered in the Bravo Lot. One suspect has been detained. The victim was later identified as Amalia Saucedo Díaz de León, age 33. Cause of death: broken cervical vertebrae. One suspect has been detained. Victim was married and her home was in Inonavit Angel Trias in this city. Victim had various documents in a black purse. She was completely dressed and her body showed no external signs of violence to the naked eye. Agents report that she was killed in her home and her body was left in the place where it was discovered. The shoelaces of the black shoes that she was wearing were untied. Hair was messy, which may indicate a struggle between her and the attacker. It is not known whether she was sexually attacked. There was a supposed extra-marital affair between victim and someone who worked at the UACJ television station. Currently the motive of the crime is unknown.
24. Amelia Lucio Borjas o Amelia Lucio Borja (27.05.97 - 18)
Woman murdered in her home by nine blows with a sharp weapon, which she received in the thorax region. Name of victim is Amelia Lucio Borgas, age 18. Body found lying on a bed in the house located on 922 Fénix Street in the Bosques de Salbárcar neighborhood. The authorities are questioning the husband who showed up at the maquiladora (factory), his name is Raúl Saldaña Delgado, age 27. A pair of the husband’s shorts was found stained with blood.
25. Amparo Guzmán Caixba o Amparo Guzmán (01.04.00 - 18)
A murdered woman is identified. She was a minor, from Veracruz and worked in the maquiladora Elamex (factory). She was identified as Amparo Guzmán, originally from Linda Vista a county of Villa José Anzueta, Veracruz. She arrived at the border three months ago with the intent of crossing to the U.S., however she was unable to do so she stayed in Ciudad Juárez. Friday was her day off and she had planned to meet with some friends at Plaza de Armas, but never arrived. Victim lived with her 16-year-old cousin. April 6th: the woman found in Cerro Bola died from a broken neck. This type of death is similar to those of the women discovered in Lote Bravo in 1995. Amparo Guzmán came to this city from Veracruz looking for a better future; the economic crisis forced her at such a young age to look for work at a maquiladora. The young woman and her cousin rented a room together in a poor neighborhood.
26. Ana Hipólito Campos (02.02.98 - 38)
Woman is murdered by 40 blows. The body was located in the inside of victim’s home. 38 year-old woman was murdered by approximately 40 blows and almost decapitated, her body found inside her home. Ana Hipólito Campos could have been murdered Sunday night, since her neighbors noticed that she did not leave her house since yesterday morning. The body was found by one of the neighbors who entered the home located on Puebla Street, crossing with Nuevo León, in Lomas de San José neighborhood. At first the neighbor thought that the victim had fainted, but when she tried to help her she realized that there were wounds all over the body. A deep wound on the neck was detected, at the level of the larynx almost disconnecting the head, according to unofficial police reports.
27. Ana María Gardea Villalobos (03.03.97 - 12)
Adolescent was found in the area of Cerro Bola raped and stabbed. Victim died from excessive bloodloss (hypovolemic shock) produced by 15 wounds inflicted by a sharp object in the thorax and neck. The body was submitted to deontology and anthropometrical tests in order to establish victim’s identity. It appears that only one person attacked the youth and that she was raped after her murder due to the characteristic signs that permit this assumption. The victim was wearing a navy blue sweatshirt, gray jeans and white tennis shoes with a brown border. On April 12th victim is identified as Ana Maria Gardea Villalobos, age 11. April 24th, a group of youths are detained based on evidence that they killed the young girl. September 1998 a youth is arrested in association with the murder of victim.
28. Ana María Gil Bravo o Ana Gil Bravo (02.01.93 - 34)
29. Ana Maria Reyes Valverde (16.09.04 - 35)
Ana Maria Reyes Valverde, 35, was killed by her domestic partner on September 16 in Juarez. He later committed suicide.
30. Anabel Mendoza Torres (26.03.03 - 30)
31. Anay Orozco Lerma o Anahi Orozco (2005 - 10)
Anhai Orozco Lerman, 10, was raped and strangled to death in her home in Ciudad Juárez. The authorities detained Antonio Ibáñez Durán, who confessed to the killing.
32. Angélina Luna Villalobos (25.01.93 - 16)
White, pregnant and robust form. She was strangled with the cable of a stolen television. Pedro Fernández, a friend of she and her husband, murdered her.
33. Antonia Ceniceros Corral (06.04.03 - 60)
34. Antonia Hernández Pérez (10.96 - 36)
35. Antonia Ramírez Calderón (24.08.94 - 35)
36. Antonia Valles Fuentes (19.06.01 - 46)
37. Apolonia Fierro Poblano (11.06.97 - 66)
38. Araceli Esmeralda Martínez Montañés o Araceli Rosaura Martínez Montañés o Araceli Esmeralda Martínez (01.07.95 - 20)
Wearing black jeans, brown boots and a white blouse. Strangled. Was found in Santa Elena farm. Probable suspect, Juan Manuel Cruz Carreón.
39. Araceli Gallardo Rodríguez (05.06.96 - 35)
40. Araceli Lozano Bolaños (05.08.98 – 24)
Woman’s body located in a motel. The body, in the decomposition process, was hidden behind a chair in a room at the Campo Real Hotel in room 42 near Zaragoza. The woman was about 25 years old. The victim was estimated to have been dead for 48 to 72 hours. Height:5’4”, brown, shoulder-length hair, light brown skin and average weight. Victim was wearing a red blouse and skirt. The bra was found pushed up above the breasts, thong underwear and white socks, no shoes were located. August 7th, the victim is identified as Araceli Lozano Bolaños, age 24, also known as Wendy. It appears that she was murdered by a jealous boyfriend. She worked in the night club, Noche y Dia on Mariscal Street. Evidence was found of sexual relations; victim was strangled with hands and had a red cut on the lips.
41. Araceli Manríquez Gómez o Aracely Manríquez Gómez (18.08.98 - 25)
Woman is murdered in daylight. Victim was stabbed in front of several people in a place of lots of vehicle and foot traffic. She was a worker who was just leaving her work at a maquiladora (factory). Yesterday, at 16:45, the employee Araceli Gómez Martinez was found lying face down, dead, in front of a home on Eduardo Romero and Rivera Lara streets. A tall and heavy subject approached the victim and then an argument ensued. The individual followed Araceli until he caught up with her and attacked her with a knife in front of several people that did nothing to stop the attack or to detain the murderer who was able to get away. The victim was 24 years old. The name tag is from the maquiladora Phillips. In the afternoon the victim’s husband was detained and indicated that out of jealousy and being affected by alcohol, he had killed his wife. Later on it was discovered that the victim had presented complaints in the Complaint Dept. of threats and abuse that were not heeded because the lesions she had were not serious.