Man says he killed 10 women in Juárez

By Daniel Borunda / El Paso Times
Article Launched: 10/30/2008 12:00:00 AM MDT

A man who confessed on Wednesday to slaying 10 women in Juárez told court officials a disturbing story that more bodies are buried in the yard of a home belonging to one of his alleged accomplices, Chihuahua state prosecutors said.

Jose Francisco Granados de la Paz, 30, confessed to being involved in at least 10 homicides of women in Juárez between 1993 and 2006, Chihuahua state attorney general's officials stated in a news release.

Granados claimed that he helped other men kill women and that bodies are buried in a yard of a home in the 600 block of Armando N. Chávez in Juárez, officials said.

He has said the drug-fueled slayings were "offerings to Satan."

Granados is on trial in the homicide of 17-year-old Mayra Juliana Reyes Solis, whose body was found along with eight others in a Juárez cotton field in 2001.

Granados' family has said he suffers from hallucinations and delusions and was a drug addict. On Oct. 21, Granados was extradited to Mexico from the United States, where he was serving a prison sentence until 2010 for an immigration violation.

His confession adds another twist to the mystery in the slayings of hundreds of women in Juárez, which have brought unwelcomed publicity to the city and have been the object of books and movies.

Daniel Borunda may be reached at dborunda@elpasotimes.com; 546-6102.

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