Black Thursday in Sonora: Son of “El Señor de Cielos” Arrested for Feminicide

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Son of 'The Lord of the Skies', among three men accused of the horrific  feminicide of Amber Dolores, who was asphyxiated, stabbed, raped and partially cremated in Sonora on May 30, which is now remembered as Black Thursday ( Jueves Negro) in the State of Sonora.

Last June, Luis Fernando Carrillo was arrested in a vehicle with theft report and was held in custody for alleged carrying of firearms for the exclusive use of the Army , being linked to prosecution and interned in the Cereso de Hermosillo.

The Prosecutor General of Sonora reported that three people, including Luis Fernando “N-Luis Fernando Carrillo , son of the late Amado Carrillo, well known cartel capo known as “ The Lord of the Skies ” - were linked to the process of the feminicide of Amber Dolores , architecture student, model and athlete, who was raped and her body partially cremated, on May 30.

Luis Fernando "N" , originally from Cuernavaca, Morelos, was captured on June 15 in Lomas de Hermosillo, with the vehicle of the victim, a white Ford Figo, model 2018 and with personal objects belonging to Amber, such as two identifications, keys, cell phone, among other items.

In a statement, the agency explained that in the 1981/2019 criminal case, a Control judge decreed the connection for Luis Fernando “N -Carrillo Navarro-, 23 years old; Édgar Patricio “N, of 28, and Miguel“ N, of 29, in addition to giving them informal preventive detention, for the crimes of feminicide, aggravated rape and robbery with violence.

During the initial hearing, he added, test data were presented as comparisons of DNA, personal objects of the victim secured in the search, such as two IDs, keys, cell phone and his vehicle, among other items that were also secured in possession of the accused.

Amber Dolores was a student of Architecture, model and outstanding athlete in martial arts practices. 

He explained that the morning of May 30, 2019, the lifeless body of Amber Dolores “N”, 20 years old, was located inside an apartment located in Martyrs of Cananea, between General Piña and Hero of Nacozari, in Colonia Ley 57 between 01:30 and 02:30 am.

At that time a man arrived, presumed to be Luis Fernando "N", supposedly Amber's boyfriend. Moments later, the neighbors noticed that smoke started coming out of the building.

The young man was seen to running away from the building so he asked for help to the emergency number.  Inside one of the rooms, was the victim's body, who at first glance had a knife stuck in her chest and had burns.

The Judge pointed out that Amber was a student of the sixth semester of the career of Architecture, model and outstanding athlete in martial arts practices, originally from Santa Ana, Sonora, who, unfortunately, apparently related to inappropriate people.

According to the expert opinion, her body was partially incinerated and had wounds caused by blows and a sharp weapon. In addition, the forensic medical  opinion revealed that there also was violation, ie rape.

The cause of death was mechanical asphyxiation by strangulation with a constrictor element, and the auxiliary causes of death were massive bleeding, derived from 64 stabs that were given to the victim, 14 after death.

The crimes charged to the probable perpetrators are feminicide, aggravated rape, robbery with violence, by two or more persons, at night, in a house inhabited at the time  by the victim of their commission and in respect of a motor vehicle , granting six months for complementary research.

The judge obtained the test data presented by staff of the Sonora Prosecutor's Office, where the accused were linked to the events in the first hours of May 30, in Colonia Ley 57, in Hermosillo.

Two others linked to the process beside Luis Fernando “N -Carrillo Navarro-, originally from Cuernavaca, Morelos , are Édgar Patricio“ N and Miguel “N, from Hermosillo, are available to the Criminal Judge.

Last June, Luis Fernando Carrillo was arrested in a vehicle with theft report and was held in custody for alleged carrying of firearms for the exclusive use of the Army , being linked to prosecution and interned in the Cereso de Hermosillo.

Wrapped in pain, dozens of people said tearful goodbyes the young Amber Dolores Vázquez , on June 2, only two days after being stabbed and allegedly burned by her boyfriend.

At the time of the horrific crime, there were four more cases of extreme gender violence in the entity, so the date is now remembered in Sonora as "Black Thursday".

On May 30, the feminicide of Itzel Nohemí Quiroa, only 7 years old, who played near her home when she disappeared in the border city of San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora was also reported.

A day after her little lifeless body was discovered, the Prosecutor's Office managed to capture the perpetrator , who confessed that after observing the girl playing alone, he decided to attack her sexually and kill her.