US high school student, mother are beaten to death in Juárez
Aileen B. Flores / El Paso Times
Posted: 12/25/2009 12:00:00 AM MST

EL PASO -- The unstoppable violence in Juárez claimed the lives of a U.S. high school student and his mother Tuesday night, Chihuahua state police officials confirmed Thursday.

Juan Ramón González Rivera, 17, had just arrived in Juárez from the United States to spend the holidays with his mother, Marisela Rivera Venzor, 40. On Tuesday night, they were attacked and killed by a group of men, Chihuahua state officials said Thursday.

At about 8:40 p.m. Tuesday, Chihuahua state investigators found González Rivera and his mother slain inside a home in the Anapra neighborhood. State police officials said the victims had been beaten, stabbed and struck with a sledge hammer.

Officials said González Rivera is from Canutillo but did not say what high school he attended.

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