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| Court orders 3 Juarez Cops Detained for Kidnapping |
| 2011-04-09 |
| by Chris Covert Three Juarez police officers were placed in six months preventative detention Friday for their alleged role in the abduction of four youths almost two weeks ago, according to Mexican press accounts. Report have identified the three officers as Eugenio De los Santos Decuesta, 28, Francisco Javier Campoy Dominguez, 27, and Leonardo Ivan Loya Hernandez. All three identified as part of the security detail of new appointed Juarez Police chief Julian Leyzaola Perez. The three officers are charged with abuse of authority, enforced disappearance of persons and vehicle theft. Preventative detention is a legal measure imposed only by court order against individuals who are expected to undergo rigorous investigation for serious crimes. The normal term for preventative detention, colloqiually known as rooting, is 40 days. Although reports do not mention it, it is possible the harsh length of detention is due to the seriousness of the crime, which now carries a life sentence in Chihuahua. The new harsh penalties were were enacted by newly Chihuahua governor Cesar Duarte as part of his crackdown in crime in Chihuahua. The three officers are apparently also part of the "Delta Group" of the Juarez municipal police corporation. Its US equivalent would be a major case squad, which is a collection of police officers known for their superior weapons and tactical knowledge, who likely have a very broad mandate for taking down criminals in Juarez. The arrests stem from an abduction by Juarez municipal police officers of four young men in broad daylight in front of a busy Juarez market in the Oasis Revolucion colony last March 26th. To read the Rantburg report on the abduction and accusations surrounding the newly appointed Juarez police chief, click here. To date the whereabouts and fate of the four victims is unknown. Also to date, 15 Juarez municipal police officers have been interrogated by the state attorney general about the case. In a possibly related development, three "narcopintas", or graffiti sites were discovered Thursday which threatened several Juarez police commanders as well as the commander of Juarez Municipal Police Delta Group. The graffiti were signed by "Diego", the street name of the Juarez Sinaloa Drug cartel group commander. Friday morning a uniformed Juaurez police officer, Joaquin Parra Perez, was shot and wounded near the intersection of Avenida Tecnologico and Calle Pradera Dorada in Juarez as he was driving his Dodge Concorde. Parra Perez is expected to survive the attack. Also, Thursday morning several women reportedly the mothers of the kidnapping victims confronted both Chihuahua governor Duarte and Juarez Mayor Teto Murguia in a protest near a state run medical clinic. Both men could only offer condolences to the distraught women. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #1 It's a good sign when the police clean up themselves, right? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-04-09 11:10 |