Juárez slaying suspects identified

Diana Washington
Valdez / El Paso Times
El Paso Times

Mexican and U.S. officials confirmed Monday that at least three men, two of them in the United States, are persons of interest in connection with the murders of women in Juárez.

Officials identified the men as Jose Granados de la Paz, Alejandro "Cala" Delgado Valles and Edgar Alvarez Cruz.

ICE spokeswoman Leticia Zamarripa said Monday that Alvarez Cruz, the man U.S. embassy officials identified last week as a suspect, is undergoing immigration removal proceedings in El Paso because he was in the United States illegally.

"He is in the immigration detention center in El Paso, where he is being processed for removal," she said.

The Mexican consul's office is ensuring that the Mexican citizens mentioned as suspects are afforded their procedural rights under U.S. law and international agreements, Socorro Cordova, consul spokeswoman, said.

Cordova said Granados de la Paz, a person of interest in West Virginia, also being processed for removal to Mexico, is receiving assistance from a Mexican consulate in Pennsylvania.

Officials said Delgado Valles was in the state of Chihuahua, but would not reveal more information about the three men.