Three teenagers slain in Juárez; man found naked and tortured

by Marisela Ortega Lozano / El Paso Timeselpasotimes.com
Posted: 04/09/2012 05:41:48 PM MDT
Reporter: Marisela
Ortega Lozano

Three teenage boys died Sunday afternoon after being shot to death, inside a car wash, south of Juárez, authorities said today.
One of the victims was found next to a gray 2005 Chevrolet Impala. The second body was discovered on the passenger front seat and the other man was found laying against a door, state officials said.

The three victims were shot in the head several times.

They were identified as Edgar Joel Cázares Ontiveros, 16, Manuel Uriel Escobedo Jiménez, also 16, and Marco Antonio Sánchez Hernández, 18.

The shooting took place at Alamogordo and Santiago Troncoso Streets in the Praderas del Sur neighborhood.

On Monday afternoon, an unidentified man was found dead inside a fence on Tamazula and Central streets in the Anáhuac neighborhood near Downtown, officials said.

The victim, in his mid 30s, was naked and tortured, officials said.

The man had a black plastic bag covering his face and tape wrapped around his head. He appeared severely beaten and tortured, according to authorities.

The victim also showed signs of being tied up in wrists and ankles.

Another man was found beaten to death in the middle of the street on Sunday, state prosecutors said.

The victim, Oscar Zamora Mendoza, 46, was discovered at Volcán Ajusco and Puerto Alicante in the Parajes de San Isidro neighborhood, Juárez southeast. Both his hands and ankles were tied with tape, officials said.

Marisela Ortega Lozano maybe reached at mortega@elpasotimes.com; 542-6077.

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