A Mother’s Worst Nightmare: Hitmen Kidnap and Burn her Family

Yaqui for Borderland Beat from: Debate

                                           Sicarios kidnap and burn a family in Guerrero

One of the victims was only 14 years old; his mother was the one who had to identify her children, who were kidnapped by alleged hitmen in Guerrero.

Three members of a family that had been missing since April after being kidnapped by alleged assassins, was found, however, not as desired, only their remains were found. They had been burned along with the vehicle with which they got on board at the time of their abduction.

Noel, 40 years of age; Faviel, 38 and José, just 14 years old, who were picked up by armed men on April 16. They were originally from the community of Tepantitlán, located in the municipality of Marquelia, in the state of Guerrero.

The mother of the victims identified her children because of a ring that one of them had, who was his son José, the youngest of 14 years old.

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The bodies, together with the unit in which they were deprived of their freedom, were found a few meters from the area where the kidnapping was recorded. The authorities arrived at the site and found the bodies burned, as well as the unit.

Staff of the Attorney General's Office was in charge of the proceedings and, at the insistence of the relatives, delivered what was left of the remains of Noel, Faviel and José.

The possible motive for the crime was not disclosed, but in Guerrero there is a strong fight for control of trafficking and drug planting.

Norberto is Missing:

In another case that has dismayed all of Mexico, is a recent kidnapping that was registered in Mexico City. This is a young student who was about to graduate from Universidad del Pedregal with a degree in  Marketing for his future career.

He was last seen on June 4 at his university, where he came from and then nothing was heard of him. Norberto Ronquillo should have celebrated his graduation on Thursday night, however until now his where abouts are unknown , despite the fact that his ransom was paid and his family is desperate and begs his captors to return him safely to them.

The university issued a statement mentioning:

Two days after such a terrible event and we have no news of Norberto

Faced with this situation, their colleagues decided to suspend the graduation celebration they had planned and instead, will offer a press conference to report on what happened and demand that the authorities clarify the facts.

According to the Anti-kidnapping Prosecutor's Office of the Attorney General's office, an investigation folder was opened for these events and the search for Norberto was begun.

For their part, family members, friends and colleagues left from the university to the streets to march with banners with the slogan "#NosFaltaNorberto".