Body found in Juárez with U.S. agents' business cards

By Louie Gilot / El Paso Times
El Paso Times
Article Launched:12/15/2006 12:00:00 AM MST

U.S. law enforcement agencies were informed by their Mexican counterparts that a man found murdered in Juárez last month had the bloodied business cards of two U.S. agents taped to his forehead.

The victim, who has not been identified, was dropped from a van at the Chamizal park in Juárez on the afternoon of Nov. 23. The man had the cards of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Raul Bencomo and of a DEA agent with the first name of Todd stuck to his forehead with masking tape.

One of the man's fingers had been cut off and shoved into his mouth, Juárez state police officials said.

"It looks like it's a message. He's a 'dedo,' a finger, an informant," said Raul Loya, a Dallas lawyer suing ICE for its handling of Juárez drug informants.