Sinaloa policeman accused of 2 femicides, victims ages 5 and 16

Translated by El Profe for Borderland Beat from Noroeste

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The Prosecutor’s Office has requested Interpol to issue a "red alert" for Miguel Eduardo Burgos Varela

by Marcos Vizcarra

Dayana, 5 years old

Miguel Eduardo Burgos Varela, municipal police of Navolato, Sinaloa is accused of a second femicides, that of Jovana, a young girl who was found dead on October 12, 2017.

"The result of the investigations identified Miguel Eduardo Burgos Varela as the alleged perpetrator of the crime that the criminal law refers to as feminicide due to the assumptions of sexual violence, exposure of the body in a public place and by the defenselessness of the victim," stated Juan José Ríos Estavillo, State Attorney General.

As part of the search, he said, assistance was requested from PGR and INTERPOL to locate Burgos Varela in another entity, inside and outside the country.

In addition to this case he was also attributed to having committed sexual violence against young Jovana.

"It was determined that Jovana was sexually assaulted and deprived of life," said Rios Estavillo.

Burgos Varela is the same person who is accused of the femicide of the girl Dayana, also originally from the municipality of Navolato.

Jovana, 16

"As will be remembered, the subject today accused is the same that this Prosecutor's Office found as likely responsible for the femicide of the girl Dayana," he said.

"It goes without saying that our search continues, and that is why this Prosecutor General of Sinaloa reaffirms that the legal remedies will be exhausted to find their whereabouts, capture him and make him available to the judge who calls for him,” he said.

Burgos Varela is the same person who is accused of the femicide of the girl Dayana, also originally from the municipality of Navolato.