Burned bodies in Juarez

Burned body of man discovered near farm

Article Launched:11/22/2006 12:00:00 AM MST
Louie Gilot

The charred body of a man was found Tuesday on a dirt road leading to a south Juárez farm called "El Quemado," the burned one, Juárez police said.

The body, which was 200 meters from the Casas Grandes highway, was completely burned and officials could not tell the victim's age.

Burned tires found nearby could have provided the fuel for the fire, officials said. Some wounds on the body suggested that animals had dragged it, police said.

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Another charred body is found in an arroyo

By Louie Gilot / El Paso Times

Article Launched:11/28/2006 12:00:00 AM MST

A second burned body found in Juárez in less than a week belonged to a man who died of a gunshot wound to the head, Juárez police officials said Sunday.

The body -- almost completely charred -- was found Saturday in an arroyo. The victim was 25 to 30, had red hair and a goatee and was wearing a black ski mask, police said.

Another charred man was found Nov. 21 on a dirt road leading to a south Juárez farm called "El Quemado," the burned one. He, too, had been shot in the head. Neither man has been identified.