MEXICO (KFOX14/CBS4) — A former Fort Bliss soldier was sentenced to almost 30 years in Mexico for killing his girlfriend and dumping her body in Juarez back in 2023 Chihuahua's State Attorney General's office announced former Fort Bliss soldier Saul Luna Villa was sentenced to 27 years and 4 months in prison for shooting and killing his girlfriend Villa was ordered to pay 1,949,000 pesos in damages Villa will serve his sentence at the CERESO No.3 prison in Juarez RELATED: Mexican judge grants more time for case against Fort Bliss soldier in girlfriend's murder Villa shot Valenzuela at a home in the Anahuac neighborhood in Ciudad Juarez Villa then dumped her at an intersection where Mexican law enforcement later discovered her body law enforcement and extradited to Juarez in a binational operation RELATED: Fort Bliss soldier extradited to Mexico, accused of killing 19-year-old Juarez woman Sign up to receive the top interesting stories from in and around our community once daily in your inbox A former Fort Bliss soldier was sentenced to more than 27 years in prison after pleading guilty to killing his girlfriend in Juárez the Chihuahua Attorney General's Office said on Wednesday and her body was found dumped in the Anáhuac neighborhood south of downtown Juárez on April 7 Borderland: 'Rage, frustration': El Paso man accused of killing wife in Juárez 'femicide' after affair Luna Villa is believed to be the first U.S Army soldier to be extradited to Mexico on a femicide case Femicide is a term for gender-related killings of women and girls including deadly cases of domestic violence the disappearances and murders of women and girls have been a concern in Juárez The case was investigated by Chihuahua state police and the state attorney general's specialized prosecution unit for gender-related crimes against women with assistance from the U.S Valenzuela's mother chronicled her heartbreaking journey seeking "Justicia para Aylin Valenzuela" in a series of grief-filled TikTok videos my life," Valenzuela's mother stated in Spanish in a TikTok video posted Tuesday showing photos of a teleconference court hearing and a memorial altar for her daughter "Baja, que aquí te estoy esperando," sings a clip in the TikTok video from the sentimental norteño song "La Moneda," (The Coin) Former Fort Bliss soldier convicted of femicide in JuárezLuna Villa was a mortarman with the 1st Armored Division at Fort Bliss in El Paso Army after being arrested in September 2023 by the U.S Previously: 'I can't live with this pain': Fort Bliss soldier accused of killing Juárez woman A roommate of Valenzuela told investigators in Mexico that the couple had a volatile relationship and Luna Villa was "very jealous and possessive," stated a criminal complaint filed in U.S Valenzuela had sent to her mother a cell phone selfie showing her smiling while seated inside a vehicle next a man according to her mother's TikTok chronicles Chihuahua state investigators obtained home security camera video showing a man lowering a "bundle" out of the passenger seat of a truck Department of Homeland Security records showed Luna Villa crossing the border back to El Paso at the Bridge of the Americas in a black GMC pickup truck about 70 minutes after the body was dumped arrested Luna Villa as part of the binational investigation he was taken into custody by the Chihuahua State Investigations Agency at the border in the middle of the Stanton Bridge after he waived his extradition to Mexico Daniel Borunda may be reached at dborunda@elpasotimes.com and @BorundaDaniel on X Jaime Juárez Arquitecto has integrated a series of white volumes within a golf course outside Morelia, Michoacán, to shape San Pablo House. The single-family residence in western Mexico staggers on a steep 18-meter slope at first presenting itself as a discreet white monolith that blends into the horizon and mountain terrain Each stepped level is unified in view by gravel-covered rooftops that create contemplative terraces overlooking the surroundings this translates as a program emphasizing openness and spatial flow enhanced by a minimalist material palette of concrete A triple-level staircase forms the circulation core punctuated by a singular tree which anchors the program and reinforces the home’s connection to the nearby pine grove all images by César Belio The layout of the San Pablo House invites a gradual exploration of space beginning with the main staircase which is concentrated in a triple-height core the social areas flow seamlessly in an open-plan format and kitchen are visually and spatially connected enjoying views of the exterior through floor-to-ceiling windows in an ‘L’ shape Jaime Juárez Arquitecto maintains an essentialist aesthetic with a geometry that creates varying shades of white complemented by subtle textures and the warmth of wood On the lower floor, the private areas are concentrated along a gallery-like hallway that envelops the user in the transition to the bedrooms. To the exterior, the Mexico-based architects have defined the materiality using concrete while the color white predominates in the volume reflecting a pure and sober image that does not overshadow the surrounding environment Jaime Juárez Arquitecto completes San Pablo House the white monolith seems to merge with the horizon and mountains L-shaped openings frame views of a nearby grove of pine trees the project closes to the exterior through the use of large walls and trees a central tree serves as a focal point amid the staircase a gallery-like hallway that envelops the user in the transition to the resting areas the internal program prioritizes openness  name: San Pablo House architect: Jaime Juárez Arquitecto | @jaimejuarezarquitecto photographer: César Belio designboom has received this project from our DIY submissions feature, where we welcome our readers to submit their own work for publication. see more project submissions from our readers here. AXOR presents three bathroom concepts that are not merely places of function but destinations in themselves — sanctuaries of style Authorities in the Mexican state of Sinaloa are investigating a shootout that targeted a police base in the city of Navolato, less than 20 miles south of Culiacán According to initial reports, the attack took place on Dec. 4 at around 2 p.m. when several residents of Villa Juarez heard gunshots over several minutes. The attack targeted a base of Sinaloa's Preventive State Police leaving the front of the building covered in bullet holes As authorities continue investigating who was responsible for the incident they reported that no lives were lost in the attack law enforcement mobilized around the area in search of the perpetrators Military personnel and members of the National Guard began patrolling Navolato with helicopters as well circling the city on the ground in order to cut any possible escape routes Although no more information has been confirmed, Verona Hernandez Valenzuela, a spokesperson for Sinaloa's Secretariat of Public Safety, said the attack wasn't targeted towards local police but instead involved a kidnapping near the area which led to collateral damages to the building "A group of armed civilians arrived to a nearby house located in the area where they tried to kidnap an individual," Valenzuela said "That is when military personnel engaged and the shootout began So we are discarding the possibility of a direct attack towards the police base," she added Valenzuela said that once military personnel arrived to the scene the alleged suspects couldn't secure the kidnapping and fled the scene Despite authorities saying that the shootout was not targeted against the Navolato police base the state of Sinaloa is no stranger to violence against police officers or military personnel According to a database from the nonprofit Causa en Común 16 police officers were killed in Sinaloa in 2024 making it the sixth entity with the most such fatalities across Mexico The most recent attack against law enforcement took place during the first day of 2025 when a police officer was killed in the city of Aguaruto Ongoing turf wars between "La Mayiza" and "Los Chapitos" have led to a deterioration of the security situation Ever since the violent conflict began on Sept 13 police officers in Sinaloa were killed in the state compared to the only three deaths between January and Sept an elementary school principal in the capital of Mexico’s Sinaloa state checks various chats on his phone for word of shoot-outs or other incidents he sends a message to his students’ parents It isn’t the only new routine in Culiacan has been the battlefield for the two main factions of the Sinaloa drug cartel The violence has limited the hours to bury the dead Bands that played big parties now play for money at intersections Any loud noise sends children scurrying for cover And those who live on the shifting front lines fear for their lives daily This is the first extended period of violence that has touched Culiacan’s residents because there was safety in the cartel’s total domination many residents are grateful for the pressure applied by US President Donald Trump to get Mexico to go after the cartels and some are optimistic that this difficult period could change the persistent view that the cartel has been their protector more than a month after Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada – the Sinaloa cartel’s oldest and most astute leader – says he was kidnapped by one of the sons of former leader Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán and taken to the US It unleashed a power struggle between both cartel factions and the unwritten agreement to not attack residents uninvolved in the drug trade was broken innocents caught in crossfires and cartel roadblocks where gunmen would scan people’s cell phones looking for any trace of contact with the other side there have been more than 900 killings since September traced the front line on the horizon: on one side the ‘Chapos’ An old man there said he saw gunmen dump two bodies in the street never arrived home from visiting a relative in late January his only transgression was not respecting the locals’ self-imposed curfew His family didn’t dare to put up signs for their search A search collective looking for the disappeared found a body that is undergoing DNA testing “At no other time in the last 30 to 40 years that we have crime stats have we had so many families with disappeared (relatives),” said Miguel Calderón of the State Public Security Council but others end up on the wall of faces at Culiacan’s cathedral very tired of being among the bullets,” said a 38-year-old small business owner who has imposed his own family security protocol: no cycling for their 18-year-old son and track in real time through his cell phone Their seven-year-old daughter asks in the morning: “‘Dad am I going to be able to go to school today Did you already check (Facebook)?’” “There are things you can’t hide from children,” he said How Mexican authorities are addressing the violence has changed notably in the past month Mexico was led by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador who minimised cartel violence and expressed no interest in going after cartel leaders Sinaloa Governor Rubén Rocha did the same maintains that the US set off the violence by arresting Zambada Things changed when Trump won the election Shutting down illegal immigration and going after drug traffickers were among his campaign promises and he’s threatened to impose 25 per cent tariffs on Tuesday Mexico’s new President Claudia Sheinbaum had already shown herself willing to take a more aggressive hand with the cartels The number of security operations and arrests in Sinaloa have multiplied and now there is direct federal supervision of all security action “We have never seen such an overwhelming and daily operation against the cartels,” said Ismael Bojórquez a veteran Sinaloa journalist covering organised crime who was critical of López Obrador’s hands-off approach the authorities seized more than a ton of fentanyl in Sinaloa compared to just 286 pounds in all of Mexico in the first six months of 2024 the authorities dismantled 113 synthetic drug labs The authorities have not clarified if they produced fentanyl or methamphetamine the authorities took down more than 400 cartel surveillance cameras The recent actions have weakened both cartel factions but the government can’t let up if it really wants to decimate them “I never thought (Trump) would have so much power to do that … but I’m grateful,” said the owner of a beer store stopped at a police checkpoint View the discussion thread. 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I would like to receive Newsletter from MICHELIN Guide Save lists of your favorite restaurants & hotels Weaving together news and analysis from voices all over the world situated about 20 miles southwest of Culiacán Our goal was to shadow the coalition and interview its organizers in order to better understand their goals Rescatemos de Corazón Villa Juárez is one of six violence-prevention groups in both Mexico and the California that the Mapping Positive Peace Project is profiling with the end goal of analyzing the group’s effectiveness to highlight best practices and in turn Elizabeth and I were very fortunate to be invited by Rescatemos de Corazón Villa Juárez to travel with the group to Villa Juárez and to participate in two community events Villa Juárez is located in the heartland of Sinaloan agribusiness producing mainly fresh produce and grain crops These major growing operations bring seasonal workers and their families north from the mountainous state of Oaxaca Villa Juárez remains extremely impoverished Tensions between seasonal and local year-round farmworkers often lead to discrimination against the Oaxacan people who travel to Sinaloa for half the year locals told us about a February shootout earlier in 2017 between armed groups in Villa Juárez that left five people dead This episode of violence has had lasting effects on the town Limited access to garbage disposal forces residents of Villa Juárez to burn garbage or dump it in the canal The peacebuilding efforts of the coalition were spurred by leadership from the Cárdenas Foundation a grower who sought to give back to the farmworkers and their families we traveled with an organizer to Villa Juárez to attend the “graduation day” for the first summer school program for children ages 9-13 children learned about practicing healthy lifestyles saying no to drugs and learning how to promote positive self esteem The children were each given diplomas and their names were announced before the whole group This small act of presenting the children with diplomas gave them something to be proud of to feel supported and to be connected to a community An organizer explained that getting the children involved at a young age with civic activities would increase their chances of staying involved once they get older and would hopefully prevent them from using drugs or turning to violence (Photo: Rescatemos de Corazón Villa Juárez) Students wait to receive their diploma for attending Villa Juárez’s first summer program for children but this time we were accompanied by two large farm dump trucks Our mission was to pick up any garbage that could collect water and become a breeding ground for mosquitos carrying the sometimes life-threatening dengue virus Villa Juárez only has one clinic with three beds to provide for 50,000 people in the small city lead many people to avoid seeking treatment for dengue fever Poster advertising the community clean-up day Volunteers gather in front of trucks donated by the Cárdenas Foundation (Photo: Savannah Crowley) Volunteers filled the trucks with anything that mosquitoes could breed in such as tires and old mattresses (Photo: Rescatemos de Corazón Villa Juárez) one might ask why the coalition decided to tackle this problem in a city that struggles with security drug abuse and access to education and healthcare As Elizabeth and I walked behind women with megaphones announcing “¡Buenos días cacharros y recipientes que acumulan agua para prevenir el dengue!” (Good morning and anything that accumulates water to help prevent dengue!),we also wondered why we were walking door to door meeting skeptical faces when we asked the residents for old tires and buckets a garbage truck showed up with a woman from the local municipal government and the residents started thanking us profusely A volunteer told me that the first time she started volunteering in Villa Juárez the garbage hadn’t been picked up in a month This explained the piles of burning garbage we walked by in the streets and the other piles accumulating in the canals When I watched the municipal officer talk with Rescatemos Villa Juárez organizers I realized she had been successfully shamed into showing up If the municipal government wasn’t going to take care of the people This action in turn pressured the municipality to bring the garbage truck to Villa Juárez and do its job even as the municipal officer walked with us she made discriminatory comments about “how dirty the people were” and about how cleaning the town was hopeless This prejudice has exacerbated the poverty of people living in Villa Juárez The garbage truck (Photo: Savannah Crowley) With a simple act of coming around to pick up garbage the community got to know Rescatemos de Corazón Villa Juárez as a group that is working for the people that can be trusted One organizer told me that even if the people don’t understand exactly what Rescatemos Villa Juárez is doing or why residents can see that the group is doing something good and they will begin to recognize the coalition This is how trust is slowly and sincerely built and how community involvement will grow By providing small but important services consistently community networks strengthen to the point where bigger problems can be confronted Rescatemos de Corazón Villa Juárez is looking to transform over 20 public spaces into park areas for families and children in the region Rescatemos Villa Juárezgoing door to door asking community members to participate in the community clean up (Photo: Savannah Crowley) This experience taught me that when the fabric of community has been seriously frayed by violence and poverty like ensuring there will be a Saturday garbage truck that builds community trust and eventually strengthens community resilience enough to stand up to violence and build peace Thank you to the Trans-Border Institute for this special opportunity to travel to Sinaloa and to Rescatemos de Corazón Villa Juárez for the invitation 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So get in touch right now: https://imply.com/engb/contact/ 1.111 - RST 287 Km 105 | Santa Cruz do Sul | RS - Brazil imply@imply.com (+55) 51 2106-8000 A dozen migrants were riding atop the train cars heading to the Mexican border city when the derailment occurred overnight Tuesday on a stretch of railroad between Villa Ahumada and Juárez Immigration: Texas’ busing of migrants hits a speed bump as fewer enter country Mexican military and first responders attended to the injured but did not locate the body of the missing child until hours later The injured included one migrant from Nicaragua and four from Venezuela Heavy equipment arrived to continue clearing the train Tears for a clown: Payasita Perlita, Juárez mourns popular clown family mom Firefighters and civil protection responders from Juárez and staff from the Mexican railroad company Ferrocarriles Mexicanos were assisting at the scene of the derailment Texas (CBS4) — The Fort Bliss soldier accused of killing a 19-year-old woman from Juarez was extradited to Mexico Tuesday morning authorities handed over Saul Luna Villa to Mexican law enforcement as he is being accused of killing Aylen Marina RELATED:Fort Bliss soldier accused of murdering Juarez woman to be extradited to Mexico authorities surrendered custody of Villa Luna to Mexican law enforcement at the Stanton Street International Bridge at an intersection in Juarez with gunshot wounds in the head and the stomach RELATED:Possible Fort Bliss soldier arrested, charged with killing woman in Ciudad Juarez Juan Gabriel broke barriers in Mexico as an unrepentantly flamboyant artist who wore sequined mariachi costumes and once famously told a reporter who asked if he was gay that “you don’t ask what you can see.” A museum dedicated to his legacy opens this week in his former home If Taylor Swift is for English-speaking audiences the reigning queen of tortured-poet songwriters remains for Spanish-speaking audiences the king of broken hearts according to Universal Music Publishing Group He also wrote unlikely love letters to Ciudad Juárez this scrappy industrial city whose proximity to the U.S has long attracted export-oriented factories as well as criminal organizations But that was part of the charm: to love a place that had everything going against it He was born Alberto Aguilera Valadez in Michoacán He had everything going against him from the start His father was interned in a psychiatric hospital; his mother took her 10 children to live in Ciudad Juárez and she consigned her youngest son to a boarding school for orphans wrote his first song at 13 and got his start singing on buses and busking in the bar-lined streets of downtown Even when he catapulted to stardom in the 1970s with a song called "No Tengo Dinero" – that spoke about having no money and nothing to give but love – he never forgot his roots "He was an undeniably great composer in the Spanish language," said Felipe Rojas "You can see it in his records and the awards he won," he said His songs speak to the goodness of the people He left a legacy for us to be proud of our city .. to convert one of his Ciudad Juárez homes into a museum for the public The museum opens the week of the eighth anniversary of his death on Aug as guides take visitors on an intimate tour of the castle-like home with a screening of a medley of Juan Gabriel concerts that had visitors during opening week clapping every one of his records," said Aurora Rodriguez "From Ciudad Juárez to the World." Her eyeliner ran as she listened to the video concert and wiped her eyes also wiped away tears as she ushered the group into a basement room containing some of his iconic costumes and one of four thrones made for his final tour Juan Gabriel's voice echoes through a high-ceilinged entrance hall The tour winds through a mint-green living room with a Steinway piano and a spiral staircase past a dining room with a table given to him by an icon of Mexico's Golden Age of cinema His bedroom is preserved in all its gilded and lavender glory showed up at the iron gates of the late singer's home Tickets were sold out for the opening weekend But bad weather had kept some ticket-holders home it makes me feel like he is still with us," Suárez said "I get emotional because he loved Ciudad Juárez and its people Lauren Villagran can be reached at lvillagran@usatoday.com A grieving mother's heart-wrenching journey chronicled on TikTok is a step closer to bringing to justice a former Fort Bliss soldier accused of killing her daughter in Juárez last year 3 prison in Juárez after being extradited to Mexico by U.S who was assigned to the 1st Armored Division at Fort Bliss was discharged from the Army while in custody after being arrested in September by the U.S also known by the nickname of "Pantera" (Panther) faces a charge of aggravated femicide in Mexico for allegedly killing Aylin Valenzuela a 19-year-old single mother whom he was seeing whose body was found dumped in Juárez on April 7 Border crime: Santa Muerte sacrifices, mutilation killings tied to Juárez woman's arrest in El Paso citizen was a critical step in Valenzuela's mother's search for justice for her daughter and was highlighted by authorities as a sterling example of cooperation between U.S "It stands out that he is the first American soldier extradited to Mexico for a gender crime," Wendy Paola Chávez Villanueva Chávez leads the state prosecutor's office specializing in gender-related crimes against women The unit is known by the acronym FEM in Spanish alerted police that the body of a woman had been found near the intersection of Paso Del Norte Avenue and Agustín Barbachano Street in the Anáhuac neighborhood south of downtown Juárez stated a complaint document seeking Luna Villa's extradition filed by the U.S The complaint is based on information from a Mexican arrest warrant following an investigation by Chihuahua state police with assistance from the U.S More: Mexico sending 2,000 more troops to Juárez as homicides rise The death was tragically routine in Juárez a city where bodies are regularly dumped in public often in connection with warring drug cartels and gangs It was one of more than 1,100 homicides last year a Chihuahua state business organization that tracks crime statistics with the goal of improving safety and security The young woman had long dark hair and was wearing a beige top and denim shorts She had been shot several times in the head and torso Valenzuela's body was identified by her mother The painful, mournful journey in Valenzuela's mother's quest for justice was chronicled in a series of TikTok videos she posted following her daughter's death my girl," one video stated in Spanish over photos of Valenzuela a Juárez TV news report about a woman found slain and photos of the young woman's grave The grief-filled TikTok videos by Valenzuela's mother in her daughter's memory continue for months "I’m making TikToks because it’s a manner so people can understand the pain that I have because that’s how I express my pain," Valenzuela's mother explained in Spanish on a video What happened to Aylin Valenzuela?Valenzuela's mother said on her TikTok videos that her daughter wasn't involved with drugs or on the wrong path Valenzuela and Luna Villa had been seeing each other for four years after meeting on Facebook according to the criminal complaint filed in U.S The woman's mother had seen him in photos and on videochat A friend and roommate of Valenzuela told Mexican investigators that the couple did not have a good relationship Luna Villa was "very jealous and possessive and the couple argued very often." Luna Villa would push Valenzuela around during arguments and insult her when she didn't want to have sex "Mija had just completed a month since she had returned from El Paso to Ciudad Juárez," her mother explained in Spanish on one of her videos Valenzuela wanted to return to El Paso but she was undocumented The soldier had promised that he would get her across the border who was then was deported on Wednesday of that same week Violence: Bodies found in 'narco grave' in Juárez home after banner about 'El Pitufo' She would go with her younger sisters," her mother said Luna Villa had called Valenzuela so he could meet her to give her money to pay a person to cross her over the border via one of the international bridge Luna Villa also spoke to Valenzuela's mother asking her for permission to go out with her daughter that night saying that he didn't care about rules prohibiting U.S military members from crossing the border into Mexico He also offered to pay the mother to babysit Valenzuela's children Luna Villa is from Burlington, Wisconsin, and had been stationed at Fort Bliss for more than two years, the Stars and Stripes newspaper reported citing his military service record He was a mortarman with the 1st Armored Division The mother posted on TikTok a selfie photo of Valenzuela smiling while seated inside a vehicle She has a nose ring and a tattoo of a devil face on the front of her neck Next to her is a man with a partial tattoo visible on his forearm but the woman's family alleges that man was Luna Villa with your executioner," the photo caption by her mother stated The slain woman's mother explained on a video "He didn’t count on that each time that my daughter would go out The photo was received by Valenzuela's mother from her daughter's phone about 7:20 p.m. Valenzuela's mother received a call from Luna Villa asking if Valenzuela had made it home safe She hung up and tried to call her daughter Luna Villa called again about 10 minutes later asking if she knew anything about her daughter's whereabouts Valenzuela's mother had given her 100 pesos to get a ride-sharing service driver to take her to meet up with Luna Villa One of her sisters accompanied Valenzuela to the street where she was picked up by the driver the driver told investigators that he picked up the young woman with the long dark hair and a devil tattoo on her neck He overheard the woman tell someone on the phone that she had arrived and then he saw her get into a black GMC pickup driven by a man in a white shirt Courts: El Paso man who bragged about fatally shooting girlfriend sentenced to 35 years in prison Investigators found video from a home security camera showing the location where the body was found cameras filmed the arrival of a black four-door truck A man in a white T-shirt got out of the driver's side opened the passenger door and lowered a "bundle" from the passenger seat that he left at the scene before running back into the truck and driving away less than a minute later Department of Homeland Security records showed Luna Villa crossed the border at the Bridge of the Americas in a black GMC pickup truck one of the vehicles that he had used to make border crossings The investigation by Chihuahua state investigators resulted in an arrest warrant issued on April 14 for the arrest of Luna Villa The warrant was sent to Mexican federal prosecutors Some evidence in the homicide case was found in El Paso by U.S law enforcement and will be part of the prosecution in Mexico Army Criminal Investigation Division arrested Luna Villa in September Extraditions can potentially take years as they make their way through the court systems of two nations Borderland archives: Burt Reynolds reminisces on 1955 Sun Bowl game and trip to Juárez, Mexico On Feb. 20, the U.S. Marshals escorted Luna Villa and handed him over to agents with the Chihuahua State Investigations Agency at the middle of the Stanton international bridge in Downtown El Paso and Juárez. Luna Villa remains incarcerated as his case makes its way through the Mexican judicial system. The woman's mother has posted that she still awaits a prison sentence and "justice for Aylin Valenzuela.” Wind gusts of 30+ mph along with afternoon and evening blowing dust, could reduce visibility. Live Weather CamerasWeather MapsFort Bliss soldier accused of murdering Juarez woman to be extradited to Mexicoby Erika Esquivel Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — A Fort Bliss soldier who is accused of killing a 19-year-old woman from Cd Juarez last year will be extradited to Mexico He will be sent to Mexico to face murder charges, according to the military newspaper Stars and Stripes. Mexican officials said Army specialist Saul Luna Villa is accused of murderingAiyln Valenzuela in Juarez on April 7th Sign up to receive the top interesting stories from in and around our community once daily in your inbox. Weather MapsRadarPossible Fort Bliss soldier arrested charged with killing woman in Ciudad Juarez by Erika Esquivel Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — A possible soldier from Fort Bliss was arrested and accused of killing a woman in Ciudad Juarez last April 23-year-old Saul Villa was arrested by the US Marshals He was arrested and charged with homicide on September 23 Villa is accused of murdering Ailyn Valenzuela in Ciudad Juarez on April 7 Villa Luna appeared before a judge in El Paso to appeal an extradition order to Mexico at the request of the Chihuahua state prosecutor's office An El Paso judge denied the appeal and now it is up to the federal authorities of Mexico and the United States to carry out the legal extradition process RECOMMENDED:Man charged for trespassing and indecent exposure at Andress High School A man once reputed to be one of the most notorious regional leaders of the Juárez drug cartel pleaded guilty in U.S district court in Albuquerque to conspiring to smuggle marijuana into the United States known as "El 80," faces five to 40 years in federal prison for his role in marijuana trafficking more than a decade ago as a member of the Juárez cartel Drug trafficking: DEA El Paso seizes 1.5 million pills of fentanyl in 2023, drug leading cause of overdoses who was the police chief and the cartel plaza boss of Namiquipa He remains jailed and is to be sentenced on March 18 The marijuana case dates back to 2011 during a period when Juárez was inundated with bloodshed during the war between the Juárez and Sinaloa cartels A federal grand jury indicted Quintana and 10 codefendants in a third superseding indictment in 2015 also referred to as "Ochenta" (Spanish for 80) becoming a leader in La Linea crime organization and a faction known as the New Juárez Drug Cartel The 2011 case was linked to Operation Virus Maker and Operation Landslide FBI-led investigations working with Mexican federal police targeting the hierarchy of the Juárez cartel also referred to as the Vicente Carrillo Fuentes Organization (VCFO) Archives: Juárez cartel drug lord Vicente Carrillo Fuentes sentenced to 28 years in prison The international operation included the FBI’s interception of cartel radio communications tapped cellphones in Mexico and confidential informants and undercover agents on both sides of the border An FBI document stated that informants had provided more than 165 cartel-linked telephone numbers numbers were found in contact with cartel numbers The Juárez cartel at its peak in the 1990s was believed to control half of all drug-trafficking routes in Mexico and was smuggling tons of cocaine marijuana and other drugs yearly into the United States An FBI affidavit in support of Quintana's extradition from Mexico and other documents detail how the case was based on a large-scale marijuana deal eventually resulting in a deadly shootout at a drug raid in Juárez a confidential informant working for the FBI made an offer to buy more than 1,300 pounds (600 kilos) of marijuana from the cartel for $50,000 The marijuana was to be smuggled over the border into New Mexico the buyer met with several reputed cartel members in the small town of Gomez Farias in rural western Chihuahua Quintana arrived in a police patrol vehicle wearing a full police uniform and accompanied by three uniformed officers Quintana was known to be the cartel's plaza boss (territorial manager) in Namiquipa as well as the town's police chief Namiquipa is about 120 miles northwest of Chihuahua City History: El Paso was first city in US to make the use of marijuana illegal Quintana and his men brought with them a dump truck containing the marijuana wrapped in bundles Three SUVs "filled with 'sicarios' (cartel assassins)" escorted the truck The informant placed a GPS tracking device in the drug load the informant transported $50,000 in cash over the border in Santa Teresa The payment of $20,000 was exchanged into pesos and wired to a bank account and $30,000 was delivered by a person to Gomez Farias The investigation found that the $50,000 went to a reputed cartel plaza boss named Elmy Hermosillo Trujillo as payment for the marijuana delivered by Quintana Trujillo was indicted and is considered a fugitive wanted by the FBI The FBI with assistance from the El Paso Intelligence Center (EPIC) monitored the GPS tracker as the marijuana went through several cartel stash houses they're safe at los asaderos," which meant that the marijuana had arrived in the town of Villa Ahumada Following the last known location of the GPS tracker Mexican law enforcement raided a ranch in Villa Ahumada But there was no one there and no marijuana was found The FBI suspected that the marijuana may have been hidden in an underground storage because the tracker had stopped transmitting "El Brad Pitt' and a deadly drug raid in JuárezOn March 26 Mexican federal police seized a ton and a half of marijuana after a shootout during a raid of a stash house run by the Barrio Azteca gang in south Juárez according to the affidavit and El Paso Times archives One of the stash house guards was killed in the shootout Three men were arrested and several others escaped including a reputed cartel member known as "El Brad Pitt," FBI documents stated "El Brad Pitt" was Marco Antonio Guzman Zuniga Mexican federal police arrested the former Juárez police officer in 2011 "El Brad Pitt" doesn't look like the blond Hollywood heartthrob Guzman reportedly got his nickname from buddies because he had dressed like the Brad Pitt character in the 2001 movie "Spy Game," wearing a baseball cap with a camera hanging around his neck Mexican special forces arrest 'El 80'A special operation by an elite team of Mexican military and Mexican Federal Police arrested Quintana in Namiquipa without having to fire a shot in 2018 Quintana at the time was described a being the leader of the New Juárez Drug Cartel Quintana was described by a Mexican federal police official as the "principal generator of violence in the state of Chihuahua."  Archives: 'Dear God, help us.' Cartel boss among 8 killed in Chihuahua violence In August 2022, Quintana, who is a Mexican citizen, was extradited from Mexico to the United States to face the charges in the 2015 drug-trafficking indictment out of Albuquerque The indictment includes several reputed major leaders of the Juárez cartel from more than a decade ago The indictment also charges Jesus Salas Aguayo alias "El Chuyin," who is accused of being the day-to-day leader and overall manager of the cartel and the No 2 man under kingpin Vicente Carrillo Fuentes "El Chuyin" was formerly the plaza boss in Villa Ahumada a critical transshipment point between Chihuahua City and Juárez Nearly a dozen of the cartel's "plaza bosses" across the state of Chihuahua allegedly reported to Salas, who is also suspected of ordering the killing of a federal informant outside a home on Pony Trail Drive in far East El Paso in 2009 In 2015, Mexican federal police arrested Salas after a chase. Police found two pet tigers, firearms cash and 17 phones during a search of his Villa Ahumada ranch In December 2019, a Mexican federal judge quietly paroled Salas from prison. Less than a month later, Salas removed a tracking bracelet that had been part of his conditional release Also charged in the indictment was Jorge Adrian Ortega Gallegos who allegedly served as "La Oficina," meaning "the office," as the cartel communications manager "La Oficina" could provide cartel members another member's cellphone number or radio frequency and disseminated information on rivals and army patrols as well as messages from "Chuyin," the indictment stated Ortega Gallegos is considered a fugitive by U.S Opinion column: These new synthetic opioids could make fentanyl crisis look like 'the good old days' Other alleged cartel members and associates named in the indictment who are considered fugitives are: Raul Corella Hernandez "Vladimir" and "El Valle," Jorge "Compa Chuy" Olivas Nevarez and Guadalupe A The cartel case was investigated by the FBI Drug Enforcement Administration and the Las Cruces-Doña Ana County Metro Narcotics Agency The Juárez drug cartel is not as powerful as it was decades ago but remains a regional force in Chihuahua and Mexican authorities responded to reports of a train derailment Tuesday night According to a statement sent by the City of Juárez personnel from the Civil Protection Department responded to a call at 11:01 p.m "The train derailment happened at kilometer 302 of the Juárez-Chihuahua highway between Villa Ahumada and Samalayuca," said Sergio Rodríguez Officials reported that in this incident left 13 train cars overturned of which five were transporting sulfuric acid A leak was detected in one of these tanks with a capacity of approximately 53,000 liters The leak was provisionally controlled using a wooden stake Rodriguez also said a tank car transporting chlorine gas suffered structural damage although no leaks of this chemical were reported The director of Civil Protection added that during the search efforts in the area it was reported that several migrants were traveling on top of the train Local and federal reports said the injured people are: Rodríguez said that members of the Fire Department as well as the National Migration Institute and Ferromex which oversees all cargo trains in Mexico Authorities continue with the investigations to determine the causes of the derailment and ensure that no more people are affected Heriberto Perez Lara reports for ABC-7 on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border KVIA ABC 7 is committed to providing a forum for civil and constructive conversation Please keep your comments respectful and relevant. You can review our Community Guidelines by clicking here If you would like to share a story idea, please submit it here Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | Community Guidelines | KVIA-TV FCC Public File | FCC Applications | Do Not Sell My Personal Information This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. SUNLAND PARK, N.M. (KFOX14) — Border Patrol agents from the El Paso sector encountered a father and son from Guatemala who were held against their will by smugglers based in Ciudad Juarez, according to BP officials. The agents came across a 17-year-old man and his father Jan. 10 after they fled from their captors in a Juarez neighborhood known as Colonia Rancho Anapra. The neighborhood is in plain sight along the U.S.-Mexico border near Paisano Drive, where a wall is already up. The agents learned that the migrants were being held for ransom when they came across the father and son, according to BP. The victims told the agents they were able to escape their captors but became separated. Then a short time later, agents found his father illegally crossing the border about a mile and a half from where the teen had been found by agents. The man recounted the same story about being held against his will at a stash house.Agents said they realized that he was the father of the assaulted teen apprehended earlier. The father and son were reunited at the Santa Teresa Border Patrol Station and family members were contacted. A follow-up investigation revealed the stash house in Colonia Rancho Anapra south of Sunland Park, where the two men claimed they were held and extorted for money. Agents uncovered evidence supporting the claim that the father and son, as well as other Central American migrants, were being held against their will. El Paso Sector’s Border Patrol Foreign Operations Branch, told the information about the incident to the Government of Mexico authorities and initiated a coordinated binational enforcement effort. On Jan. 15, Chihuahua State Police searched the stash house and found a person locked in it, unable to leave. Officials said the only door to the structure was locked with a chain from the outside. The stash house had several mattresses laid out. Authorities believe it was evident that many people had been staying there. Border Patrol officials said this incident demonstrates the dangers of illegally crossing the International Border, and the reality of human smuggling organizations' disregard for the well-being of those attempting to reach the United States. Officials said the event demonstrates the importance of the U.S. Border Patrol working with its Mexican counterparts and educating the public of the dangers of attempting to enter the U.S. unlawfully. Weather MapsRadarMexican judge grants more time for case against Fort Bliss soldier in girlfriend's murderby Staff Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — A judge in Mexico on Friday granted prosecutors more time to build their case against Saul Luna Villa a former Fort Bliss soldier accused of murdering his girlfriend and dumping her body in Juarez in 2023 The judge ruled on Friday that prosecutors will have an additional two months to build their case against Villa after an initial four-month timeline expired on June 26 Mexican officials are working to prove that Luna killed his 19-year-old girlfriend Aylin Marina Valenzuela in April 2023 Valenzuela's body was found on April 7 RELATED:Fort Bliss soldier accused of murdering Juarez woman to be extradited to Mexico He was extradited to Mexico in February of this year authorities surrendered custody of Luna to Mexican law enforcement at the Stanton Street International Bridge Luna had appeared before a judge in El Paso to appeal the extradition which was requested by the Chihuahua state prosecutor's office RELATED:Possible Fort Bliss soldier arrested, charged with killing woman in Ciudad Juarez AUSTIN, Texas — A Fort Bliss soldier accused by Mexican authorities of shooting and killing his girlfriend in the border town of Juarez is expected not to challenge extradition during a federal hearing Thursday, according to court records. Spc. Saul Luna Villa, 23-year-old mortarman with the 1st Armored Division, is charged in Ciudad Juarez in the Mexican state of Chihuahua with aggravated femicide in the April 7, 2023, death of a woman who he had been dating for four years. Court documents do not name the woman, but her mother identified her in local news reports as Aylin Valenzuela, a 19-year-old mother. The mother described the couple’s relationship as one filled with arguments often sparked by Luna Villa’s possessiveness and jealousy. During fights, Luna Villa would push her around and insult her. Luna Villa is from Burlington, Wis., and has been stationed at Fort Bliss for more than two years, according to his official service record. In addition to a murder charge in Mexico, Luna Villa also has military charges pending against him that are related to this case but not fully described in the court documents. Details on those charges are not yet publicly available, according to base officials. “Fort Bliss and 1st Armored Division are aware of the notification of provisional extradition of Spc. Saul Luna received from Mexico to the U.S. Department of Justice. The Army does not comment on ongoing litigation,” said Lt. Col. Kimbia Rey, a division spokeswoman. An attorney listed online for Luna Villa did not respond to calls for comment. Fort Bliss and El Paso border Mexico in far west Texas, and Luna Villa traveled across the border on April 7 to meet with Valenzuela despite a base policy that prohibits soldiers from traveling into Juarez and other parts of Mexico. The woman’s mother told Mexican police that her daughter rode in an Uber from her home to meet Luna Villa. The Uber driver later told police that he dropped off Valenzuela and saw her get directly into a black GMC truck with a man wearing a white shirt. Valenzuela sent a photo of herself to her mother’s cellphone at about 7:20 p.m. that showed Luna Villa’s arm in the photo, which she said was distinguishable because of his tattoos, according to court documents. About five minutes later, Luna Villa called the woman’s mother to ask if she was home. The mother replied with surprise and said she had just received the photo of her daughter with him. She then hung up and tried unsuccessfully to call her daughter. Luna Villa called the mother again about 10 minutes later asking if she knew Valenzuela’s location, according to court documents. Meanwhile, at about 7:24 p.m., a call was made to police about the discovery of a dead body at an intersection in the Anahuac neighborhood of Juarez. The mother confirmed the body was her daughter the following day. An autopsy showed she’d been shot in the head and chest. Police used security camera footage from the neighborhood to identify a man wearing a white shirt and driving a black truck stop and lower a “bundle” from his passenger seat, leaving it on the ground at 7:21 p.m. By 8:32 p.m., Department of Homeland Security records show Luna Villa crossing back into the U.S. at the Cordova Bridge in a black GMC truck — a truck that he frequently used to cross the border, according to court documents. Mexican authorities issued the arrest warrant on April 14, 2023, and Luna Villa was taken into U.S. Marshal Service custody in September. He was confirmed Tuesday as an inmate at the West Texas Detention Center, a private prison in Sierra Blanca. MexicoChevron Mexico CityChevron Situated in the heart of Colonia Juárez in a former private mansion and residence, the Soho House Mexico City, with its restored French and Baroque architectural influences, is the most coveted members' club and hotel in Mexico City—its pool is worth a stay alone. A playground for the city’s most affluent, there’s not a top Mexican creative or an in-the-know international resident who hasn’t congregated at this Colonia Juárez hot spot, be it to mingle around one of several bars, see-and-be-seen in the massive 60+ foot pool, or dance into the night at the underground vinyl room. Set on the second floor of the main house are four rooms, ranging from a small studio to a large suite with a freestanding marble bath, a separate living area with a velvet sofa, and views overlooking the pool. All rooms offer Soho House’s signature amenities—Cowshed and Soho Skin products and homemade biscuits, tea, coffee, and a stocked minibar—yet offer distinctly Mexican furnishings, including handmade tapestries and throws from Oaxaca and art by Mexico City’s top creatives. Colonia Juárez used to be the less international, more authentically Mexican neighborhood (as opposed to nearby Roma Norte), but now that’s no longer the case as the neighborhood is increasingly welcoming the city’s top restaurants and hospitality concepts. The service is meticulous and exudes the best of Mexican hospitality. Visitors may leave their bags and store their coats at the front reception while waiting for their room or simply enjoying the house. On sunny days, the pool tends to get packed. Go downstairs early—before 10 a.m.—to ensure you and your guests have a chair secured. The Soho House Mexico City also hosts regular parties; know that if you stay here, especially on a weekend, it may be loud. All listings featured on Condé Nast Traveler are independently selected by our editors. If you book something through our links, we may earn an affiliate commission. up-to-the-minute voice in all things travel Condé Nast Traveler is the global citizen’s bible and muse We understand that time is the greatest luxury which is why Condé Nast Traveler mines its network of experts and influencers so that you never waste a meal or a hotel stay wherever you are in the world  JUAREZ — Towns along the U.S.-Mexico border often are stereotyped as enclaves for bar-hoppers cheap souvenirs and long entry lines for cargo and trucks They also are known for inexpensive tacos and a plethora of adult entertainment options But within a 20-minute walk from the Stanton Street Port of Entry in El Paso visitors to Juárez can enjoy a different experience and get a better understanding of a moment in history that fundamentally changed Mexico and the United States (This route also avoids the city's dangerous neighborhoods regularly mentioned in accounts of cartel violence.) or the Museum of the Revolution in the Border tells the story of the Mexican Revolution and its aftermath still felt today transformed Mexican society and sparked a massive migration of Mexicans to the United States that remade the demographics of cities in the American Southwest the conflict gave rise to Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata as revolutionary heroes of the poor photography and radical notions of land reform that spread across Latin America For those with only a basic knowledge of the Mexican Revolution the museum guides visitors through the pre-revolutionary Mexico of dictator Porfirio Diaz and the intellectual movements opposing his rule Exhibits touch upon El Plan of San Luis Potosi — a call to remove Diaz and the re-establishment of democracy — and writers speaking out against what they described as colonial rule at the expense of the poor talked about the growing unrest south of the border and the museum explains in an easy-to-understand narrative how elite to middle-class political leaders joined efforts to remove Diaz the museum goes through the short presidency of reformer Francisco Madero followed by his overthrow and assassination at the hands of Gen Opposition to Huerta led to more violence as Villa in northern Mexico and Zapata in the south took up arms for their causes The museum shows how a call for censorship resulted in a boom in journalism with reporters covering the violence and political unrest of the day coming to Mexico to experiment with the latest camera technology to capture scenes of war Some of those scenes ended up on postcards that became popular in the United States out of the chaos came music — recorded songs depicting the suffering and separations caused by war — and art including images of revolution that inspired Diego Rivera's later work mostly in Spanish with limited English translations give visitors enough visuals that most are self-explanatory the assassinations of Villa and Zapata are shown though photographs of mourners The unrest led many Mexicans to cross into the U.S can trace her family's roots back to the Mexican Revolution Her family is descended from Toribio Ortega the governor's brother told the El Paso Times in 2010 Some Mexican restaurants in the American Southwest display black-and-white photos of the war with some establishments claiming their original owners are pictured in the images the Museum of the Revolution in the Border offers a foundation for learning about a turbulent chapter of history that dashed dreams of an egalitarian world across the border What: Museum of the Revolution in the Border Getting there: A 20-minute walk or five-minute cab ride from the Stanton Street Port of Entry in El Paso.  A famous Mexican paranormal hunter investigates Juan Gabriel’s home in Juárez just hours before his slated performance at a sold-out Don Haskins Center in El Paso the most prominent Latin artist of the past 40 years known as El Divo de Juárez located on Avenida Lerdo in North Juarez has been turned into a museum where thousands of his fans have flocked to visit Since his death, famed Mexican paranormal investigator Alberto del Arco investigated Juan Gabriel’s mansion for the first time In the 10th episode of Actividad Paranormal the paranormal team investigates the lavish and eccentric mansion where according to its caretaker is haunted by the restless spirit of his former boss Reported accounts include constant flickering lights and other weird incidents occurring at the eerie home Juan Gabriel initially bought the home for his mother in the mid-70s the house became a sanctuary for Gabriel as a means to ground himself away from the celebrity life but the marble throughout the mansion alone has an estimated value of at least half a million dollars The mansion is undoubtedly unique and different and ceiling to floor murals of the late singer along with multiple mirrored panels and closet doors creepy faces appear in some of the mirrors – precisely at the 6:12 time mark Juan Gabriel was a magnanimous personality whose energy enveloped all those who came near him his dynamic spirit is probably still hanging around one of his favorite and most cherished dwellings; his beloved home in Juárez A famous Mexican paranormal hunter investigates Juan Gabriel’s home in Juárez, and it’s more than we can handle.\nRead More Since his death, famed Mexican paranormal investigator Alberto del Arco investigated Juan Gabriel’s mansion for the first time In the 10th episode of Actividad Paranormal As Beto O’Rourke gave interviews in 2019 from his Sunset Heights home announcing his run for president there were several mentions of his home having been the meeting place for Pancho Villa and Gen. Hugh Scott “O'Rourke proudly showed his file of old newspaper photos of Mexican revolutionary leader Pancho Villa leaving the house in 1915 after he met U.S Hugh Scott to discuss stopping Mexico's civil war along the border.” Other news media also reported on the meeting between the two I set out to determine if this meeting happened The O'Rourke's Sunset Heights residence is referred to as the Williams home Trost and first appeared in the 1906 city directory Times article that detailed the previous day's meeting between Scott and Villa in Williams’ home: Secrecy Shrouds Meeting Between Generals Hugh Scott and Pancho VillaProperty of American and foreign merchants confiscated by the government at Chihuahua and other cities in the conventionalist territory will be restored to the owners and the proposed meeting between General Villa and mine owners in northern Mexico at which it is believed Villa intended to levy a war loan of $350,000 are two immediate results of the conference between General Hugh L leader of the conventionalist forces in Mexico What other results will come from the meeting and what agreements were made to cause Villa to completely reverse his recent policy were not state by General Scott who was the only person present at the conference who would talk in reference to what transpired there for which General Villa came to Juarez and later to El Paso Williams on West Rio Grande street about 8 o’clock Tuesday morning and was attended by Generals Scott and Villa Carothers and Madero acted as interpreters and advisers during the meeting More: Beto is a childhood nickname; pronounce it Bet-toe — Letters to the editor General Scott gave out the following statement to the press: “Genera Villa has assured me that he will indefinitely postpone the meeting which he had arranged with the mine owners of his territory “He also gave me the assurance that the stores of the American and foreign merchants throughout the state of Chihuahua and conventionalist territory which the government is holding will be turned over to their owners it was agreed that in the case of any of these merchants violating the law they will be tried on whatever charges may exist against them before the civil courts “Further than this I cannot make any statement concerning my conference with General Villa.” General Scott would not commit himself on any questions asked concerning the discussion of peace plans with General Villa at the meeting or whether the A.B.C The conference began shortly before 8 o’clock in the home of Mr where General Scott is stopping during his stay here special agent of the state department in Mexico called at General Villa’s home on Lerdo avenue shortly after 7 o’clock in the morning to accompany him to the American side Alberto Madero was with General Villa waiting to cross to the American side The four entered a limousine and followed by an automobile containing members General Villa’s staff At the American end of the Santa Fe street international bridge an escort of troops of the provost guard of the Eighth infantry brigade met the party and escorted General Villa to the Williams home where General Scott greeted him as he entered the house no other persons were allowed to be present Newspaper men had been notified the night before the conference that they would not be permitted to attend Want more El Paso history like this? Click here to subscribe to elpasotimes.com General Villa returned with his staff and accompanied by Colonel Michi and Mr a guard of soldiers was thrown around the house which General Villa indefinitely postponed as a result of his talk with General Scott All American and foreign mining men in conventionalist territory were summoned to the meeting and reports were that it was the purpose of General Villa to levy a tax of $350,000 against the owners of the properties The postponement of the meeting is taken to mean that Villa has abandoned the plan of taxing the mine owners Some fifty owners and representatives of mining interests in northern Mexico representing capital estimated at $100,000,000 and were advised yesterday of the decision to rescind his order for the meeting by George C Trish Long is the El Paso Times' librarian and spends her time in the morgue, where the newspaper keeps its old clippings and photos. She may be reached at 546-6179 or tlong@elpasotimes.com $100,000 in 1915 would be equivalent to $2,763,809 today. The story follows: Investigation by Customs Inspectors Follows Purchase of Safe by Representative of Fiscal Agent at Juarez Diamonds and Other Valuables in Custody of United States Pending Inquiry as to Whether or Not Required Duty Has Been Paid Diamonds and jewelry valued at $30,000 and approximately $100,000 in United States currency and gold coins were found yesterday morning by Treasury Department Agents G.P Ayers when they examined the contents of a safe at the home of George Benton The jewelry and money is the property of General Francisco Villa Colonel Hipolito Villa and Senora Luz Corral de Villa The treasury department agents learned this week that Mrs Hipolito Villa had purchased a safe from the firm of Krakauer which she had sent to the residence Believing that diamonds and other articles smuggled cross the line might be in the safe the treasury department agents visited the house for the purpose of confiscating all goods brought into this country from Juarez on which they had reason to believe duty had not been paid They took possession of the jewelry and a French touring car which will be held pending investigation as to whether he or not it was brought across the ne without duty being paid More: Scores made homeless by 1925 Rio Grande flood: Trish Long Upon arriving at the house the agents asked Mrs Hipolito Villa to allow them to inspect the contents of the safe The agents were unable to open one of the drawer and asked for the key The agent sent for a locksmith and he opened the compartment and found the jewelry Among the jewelry seized were 10 beautiful diamond rings a necklace with a pearl and diamond pendant several pair of diamond earrings and other articles There was also a solid gold medal bearing the inscription: “To General Francisco Villa from the Constitutionalist Government for personal valor.” Custom Collector Has JewelryIn addition the agents found in the safe a silver jewel case in which was a bracelet set with diamonds three diamond rings and a pair of diamond earrings The jewelry has been turned over to Collector of Customs Zack L The department agents who examined the safe state that the bottom and many of the drawers and pigeon holes were filled with United States currency of large denomination and thousands of old coins The fact that Colonel Hipolito Villa has brought practically all his personal effects the money and jewelry from Juarez leads those posted on the Mexican situation to believe that he intends quitting Juarez soon It indicates that the Villa forces contemplate evacuating the over-river city at an early date More: 16th Annual Tour de Tolerance bike ride will return in person for 2021 “I have papers which will show that a large part of the jewelry has been purchased in the United States,” said Colonel Hipolito Villa yesterday and other pieces have been presented to our families Some of the valuable pieces which have been sized have been presented to my family and to General Villa’s family by prominent business men of El Paso I am sure that the jewelry will be eventually returned to us There is no intention on my part or that of any of my family to violate the United States laws and if we import anything from Mexico we will declare it and willing pay whatever duty is asked the El Paso Herald reported that the proceedings in the federal court against the Villa brothers were carried over by Judge Wm Sheppard to the October term of court “on the ground that public sentiment is too strong against the Villas at this time and the sentiment might be expressed in the trial.” Villa Jewels Are ReturnedThe trail ended in May 1917; this Times article from the 5th revealed the verdict: which have been in litigation in United States court for the last year on a charge of being illegally entered into the United States in a decision handed down Saturday by United States judge W.R A week’s fight for possession of the jewels has been conducted for the Villa family by Hipolito Villa in the United States district court In rendering his decision Saturday Judge Smith said that the jewels were the personal property of the claimants and that there had been no apparent act on the claimants’ part to smuggle the jewelry In early June 1917 Luz Corral de Villa arrived from San Antonio to obtain the jewelry ordered by the court to be returned to her and Hipolito by the customs department Trish Long may be reached at tlong@elpasotimes.com or 915-546-6179 JUÁREZ —  Hundreds of bullet holes are still visible throughout a tiny abandoned home in the Villas de Salvárcar neighborhood in southeast Juárez Even though some of the walls have been painted blue bloodstains on the walls are still visible — a reminder of the Jan neighborhood nightmare when a dozen killers with automatic weapons stormed into the home most of them high school students who were celebrating a birthday party Two of those killed were Luz María Dávila's sons 16-year-old José Luis Piña Dávila and 19-year-old Marco Piña Dávila will ever let her forget that day — not even meeting Pope Francis which she will do next week when he visits Juárez as part of his tour of Mexico to get a chance to hear him,” she said as she cried Wednesday “But I wish I could be sitting there in the front row seeing the pope with my sons at my side Dávila is one of 30 family members of the victims of that brutal attack who will attend the papal Mass on Feb 17 at the old Juárez fairgrounds known as "El Punto." The 2010 drug cartel attack caused international outrage leading former President Felipe Calderón to visit Juárez several times to launch a federal social program in response The families of the victims will be sitting in the front row during the Mass They are among 1,200 family members of victims of violence from all over Mexico including 60 mothers of girls who have disappeared or who have been killed in Juárez The special guests also include 110 members of the indigenous community and 2,100 migrants from 65 shelters from throughout the country The invitation to attend the papal Mass came after a group of Villas de Salvárcar parents asked Juárez Bishop José Guadalupe Torres for a chance to talk to Pope Francis The request was put in once they knew he was coming to Juárez The parents also asked Torres to give the pontiff a letter describing the tragic events "We want him (the pope) to know how we feel and what we have lived," he said of the letter After several communications with representatives of the Juárez Diocese on Tuesday afternoon gave the Villas de Salvárcar parents 30 tickets for the event a dozen Villa de Salvárcar parents gave thanks prayed and left flowers in memory of their children at a wall with the names of all the victims The wall has a white dove painted over a blue background "The thought of being present (at the Mass) and hearing the pope's message is gratifying," he said Encina said he hopes that Mexican authorities become sensitive to the case which for him and the rest of the victims' parents and family members has not been closed who represents the Villa de Salvárcar parents said only three people out of a possible 20 who participated in the massacre are in jail and charged in the deaths of the 15 victims which included two children and three adults who were not part of the party Among the arrested was the leader of the Juárez drug cartel La Línea alias "El Diego." He was arrested in July 2011 He told Mexican federal police that he ordered the Villas de Salvárcar massacre because at the party "were members of the AA (Artistas Asesinos) gang," who were considered the executing arm of Gente Nueva which supported Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán in Juárez Authorities have not released the names of the alleged targets at the party Acosta Hernández was extradited from Mexico to the United States where he is currently serving 10 life sentences in an undisclosed maximum security prison Parents of the victims and neighbors in Villa de Salvárcar have said that the massacre was a mistake They said that there were no members from the AA gang at the party but that there were players from the CBTIS 128 Jaguares Football Juvenile AA League "We hope that the pope's visit will soften the hearts of state authorities to find justice for these parents in pain," Hickerson said adding that the parents have been waiting for three years for a victim's law to be approved by Chihuahua Gov said she was excited to learn that the pope is coming to Juárez and felt joy when she found out she is going to the papal Mass it takes out everything that I have inside," she said Lorena Figueroa may be reached at 546-6129; lfigueroa@elpasotimes.com; @LFigueroaEPT on Twitter Please select what you would like included for printing: Copy the text below and then paste that into your favorite email application German was born May 28,1985 in Villa Garcia Mexico to Rafael Campos Martinez and Maria de Rosario Barbosa.  He attended school in Mexico and married Adriana Palomino on December 31 Zacatecas.  He was a forklift driver and mechanic German in preceded in death by his maternal grandparents Eladio and Margarita Barbosa his paternal grandparents Ramon and Angela Martinez and sister-in-law Alma “Lety” Martinez German is survived by his wife Adriana Palomino and Iker.  He is also survived by is brothers Rafael (Janie) and numerous nieces and nephews and his close friends Tony Hernandez and Roman Galindo from 10:30am-9:00 pm with Rosary at 7 pm at Pecos Funeral Home at 10am at Santa Rosa de Lima Catholic Church Burial will be held at a later date in Villa Juarez Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text Click to watch This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors 30 hurt after Juárez-bound bus crashesTimes staff reportA passenger bus that was on its way to Juárez early Friday morning crashed into a cargo truck leaving 10 people dead and more than 30 injured The incident occurred on Sueco-Villa Ahumada on the Pan American Highway the bus was coming from the state of Durango with Juárez as its final destination The Mexican federal police assisted in the rescue of the wounded The town police chief was arrested after drug cartel gunmen carried out a deadly attack on state police Thursday night in the town of Villa Ahumada The Villa Ahumada police chief and the police coordinator are suspected of acting as "halcones" — "hawks" or lookouts — during a frontal assault on the state building in town the Chihuahua attorney general's office said state police arrested the town's top police leaders on a charge of possession of a stolen vehicle The pair were stopped in a Ford pickup that had been reported stolen in October it appears that the police commanders of this municipality have links to a criminal group and on Thursday night functioned as 'halcones' in the armed attack against this agency's offices," the Chihuahua attorney general's office said in a news release Officials added that state police are investigating other Villa Ahumada police officers suspected of serving as lookouts in the attack State officials said that gunmen arrived in several vehicles and opened fire at the attorney general's office in town More: Details revealed in Border Patrol agent's death State ministerial police Officer Edgar Mariano Rojas Duarte was killed in the gunbattle authorities said. Three other officers were shot and were flown in a federal police helicopter to Juárez for medical treatment Mexican news images showed the front of the state building peppered with bullet holes Villa Ahumada is about 70 miles south of Juárez and is a major transshipment point for drug loads heading north to the U.S federal police and state police reinforcement have been deployed to the Villa Ahumada area to search for the attackers Daniel Borunda may be reached at 546-6102; dborunda@elpasotimes.com; @BorundaDaniel on Twitter ›› Previous: New reputed Juárez drug cartel leader arrested a recently arrested reputed leader of the Juárez drug cartel is accused of ordering the hit on an informant killed in the Pony Trail case in El Paso six years ago during a military and federal police operation Friday near Villa Ahumada a small town about 90 miles south of Juárez along the highway to Chihuahua City Consulate in Juárez issued an alert to U.S citizens cautioning about traveling through the Villa Ahumada area on Friday during the crackdown Following his arrest, Salas, who is known as "El Chuyin," was transported to a federal organized crime unit in Mexico City Salas is also wanted in El Paso by the U.S Drug Enforcement Administration on federal charges of conspiracy to possess and distribute marijuana Mexican federal authorities alleged Salas assumed leadership of the Juárez drug cartel following the arrest of reputed kingpin Vicente Carrillo Fuentes in October Salas is wanted on a capital murder warrant in connection with the death of José Daniel Gonzalez-Galeana Gonzalez-Galeana was shot outside his middle-class home on Pony Trail Place in far East El Paso moved to El Paso on a visa from ICE when the cartel violence in Mexico heated up El Paso police detectives suspected he didn't give up his role a mid-level cartel boss coordinating drug shipments Salas was allegedly a mid-level cartel lieutenant Salas allegedly ordered the hit on Gonzalez-Galeana The men were part of a cell of the Juárez drug cartel referred to as the compañia The cartel put a bounty on Gonzalez-Galeana because it believed he was an informant or switched allegiances to a rival organization The hit was possibly retribution for the arrest of Pedro "El Tigre" Sanchez a reputed high-ranking cartel leader caught by the Mexican army a year earlier Police eventually arrested four suspected members of an El Paso hit team that stalked and killed Gonzalez-Galeana The hit was organized by Ruben Rodriguez-Dorado a cartel member who also worked as an informant for ICE Both informants even had the same agent "handler." Rodriguez-Dorado pleaded guilty to a murder charge and was sentenced to life in prison Michael Jackson Apodaca pleaded guilty to killing Gonzalez-Galeana Apodaca testified that Rodriguez-Dorado looked to hire someone to kill Gonzalez-Galeana and that they would be paid $5,000 each Apodaca cooly testified that he shot Gonzalaez-Galeana eight times Christopher Duran pleaded guilty to murder and was sentenced to 20 years in prison A jury acquitted Juan Gerardo Gracia, Jr. who was 16 years old at the time of the killing and had been accused of attending meetings when the plot was developed This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page The wave of violence suggests if El Chapo had a plan for succession turning Sinaloa into one of Mexico’s most violent states Engines revved, tires squealed and tail lights faded into the distance as an Audi raced a Mini Cooper down the street past apartment buildings and empty lots. The spectators – boys in baseball caps, girls in short skirts – lounged against their own luxury vehicles, drinking beer. The drag races roared for more than an hour as darkness fell over Culiacán, but the neighbours never complained about noise, and the police never turned up to put an end to the fun. Read moreNo wonder: the racers were most probably the children of some of Mexico’s most powerful crime bosses this generation of narcos has discarded the discretion of their elders replacing it with conspicuous displays of wealth And it is a generation that is now on the frontlines of a violent struggle for control of the Sinaloa cartel, which has been sunk into a war of succession since the capture and extradition to the US of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán “The generational change has started – and it seems like the process is not going so well,” said Adrián López “there’s no longer anyone to referee the disputes between them” The generational change has started – and it seems like the process is not going so wellAdrián LópezThe disputes have turned Sinaloa – a long sliver of pine-clad mountains and Pacific coast beaches – into one of Mexico’s most violent states in 2017 But the shockwaves have been felt across the country This week, a former policeman once described as Guzmán’s right-hand man was arrested in Mexico City after reportedly clashing with El Chapo’s sons Federal officials say Dámaso López Núñez – who once helped El Chapo’s escape from prison – had sought to partner with the upstart Jalisco New Generation cartel which has disputed Sinaloa cartel territories up and down the Pacific coast Ivan Archivaldo Guzmán Salazar Photograph: HandoutLópez’s war with Guzmán’s sons – Iván Archivaldo Guzmán Salazar and Jesús Alfredo Guzmán Salazar known collectively as Los Chapitos – is believed to be behind a wave of violence in Sinaloa and Baja California Sur El Chapo was born in the rugged mountains of the Sierra Madre where he grew up in abject poverty before becoming one of the most powerful figures in the Sinaloa cartel Those mountains were his unquestioned fiefdom but with Guzmán locked up in a New York high-security unit rival crime groups are now making brazen incursions gunmen from the smaller Beltrán Leyva cartel looted the home of Guzmán’s elderly mother in the hamlet of La Tuna violence has focused on the sun-scorched agricultural valleys around Culiacán and at the crossroads town of Villa Juárez where rival factions are fighting over local drug sales a convoy of trucks – including one with a .50 calibre machine mounted in a rotating turret – pulled into Villa Juárez and opened fire at a Pemex petrol station the bullet holes that pock the filling station’s facade are still visible under a fresh coat of paint “I don’t want to get involved in it,” said an employee while a jaunty narcocorrido – a song lionizing drug lords – blared in the background “It’s like being in Afghanistan or something.” he kept an eye on the steady stream of motorcycles that buzzed past – the preferred mode of transport for cartel lookouts a street vendor refused to make eye contact as he slowly set out gleaming tubes of lipstick on his table A 2005 psychological profile from a prison stay said the younger Guzmán demonstrated “probable psychological violence toward persons that he does not consider on his socio-economic level” Cartel observers say that Iván and Jesús Alfredo – who grew up in a life of luxury – are not ready to take over their father’s empire “The only thing they’re good at is spending El Chapo’s money,” said Mike Vigil former DEA head of international operations “They’ve never had to get their hands dirty Vigil pointed to a confusing incident last year, in which Jesús Alfredo was seized by gunmen – possibly from the rival CJNG – from a restaurant in Puerto Vallarta, before being released after an apparent deal. “They’re very lucky to be alive,” Vigil said. Locals, however, say that Iván retains one important advantage over the CNJG and the remnants of López’s faction: the lingering affection for his father felt by many in the state, where among the state’s rural and poor population El Chapo is revered as a Robin Hood figure who thumbed his nose at the authorities even as he doled out patronage and charity. Locals say that the younger Guzmán is fond of racing a red Ferrari through Culiacán, a city of around 900,000 that is home to the kind of premium auto dealerships and luxury shops seldom seen in provincial Mexican cities. And few doubt that the Guzmáns’ word is law in the city: one local described seeing cartel bodyguards stop traffic so one of El Chapo’s sons could do doughnuts in his white Nissan GT-R at a traffic junction. Read moreUnlike the first generation of cartel bosses the new wave of cartel are often university educated and more likely to choose Italian slip-ons and Jaguars than their father’s ostrich skin cowboy boots and Hummers But the generational changes go beyond material tastes expressed dismay at the ethical shortcomings of the younger bosses and – over a plate of seak tacos – reminisced about a time when narcos had “honour” if we wanted to kill you and you turned up with your wife and children who once worked for Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada they don’t give a damn … If they see you in a taco stand the people of Sinaloa have grown used to living alongside organised crime; now many fear that changes are on their way – and that change will inevitably bring more violence Leticia Villegas insists that her brother Adolfo – a teacher and part-time contract lawyer – had nothing to do with the underworld he was grabbed from his small Chevy less than a block from his home and hasn’t been seen since “They say this is a dispute between different groups,” she said Drug-related killings at a restaurant and a motel and the death of an ex-mayor were among “high-impact homicides” in Juárez last year solved with the recent arrests of alleged members of the Sinaloa drug cartel Chihuahua authorities announced that investigators recently arrested an alleged leader of a cell of the Sinaloa cartel and three of his suspected “sicarios” or hitmen “They are responsible for five homicides that we consider high-impact homicides that occurred here in our city," Chihuahua Attorney General Jorge Enrique Gonzalez Nicolas said at a news conference Friday The state attorney general's office said over the weekend that a sixth homicide in Juárez was solved in connection with the arrests Investigators arrested Carlos “El Charly” Nivardhy Hernandez De la Rosa an alleged Juárez cocaine dealer who runs a local cell of the Sinaloa cartel "This subject named Nivardhy previously belonged to the Juárez cartel and moved to the other cartel," Gonzalez said in an audio recording of the news conference provided by his office Investigators also arrested alleged hitmen Luis Fernando "El Tontín" Mendez Delgado and Daniel Andres "El Grande" Chavez Muñoz The three were arrested in a room at La Cupula motel on Wednesday after two men who had been with them in the room were killed by other people outside the motel Mendez and Chavez alleged gunned down Alberto Almeida Fernandez the former mayor of the town of Villa Ahumada in the parking lot of the Sam's Club store on Avenida Ejercito Nacional in Juárez Almeida was killed because of the "relation he had to a member of organized crime with La Linea a person nicknamed El Borrego," Gonzalez said “El Borrego” (the lamb) refers to Rafael Chavira Renteria a reputed leader in La Linea who was killed in August in a gun battle with a rival crime group near Villa Ahumada Mendez and Chavez allegedly took part in the daytime shooting inside the Vips restaurant in Juárez David Flores Rodríguez and Oswaldo Martínez Silva were allegedly slain over a drug debt Nivardhy allegedly fatally shot Ismael Moreno Ramos and Jesús Daniel Morales de la Cruz and wounded a woman in a room at Las Fuentes motel gunmen had robbed Nivardhy of a sport motorcycle that had a kilo of cocaine in a hidden compartment Nivardhy allegedly blamed Moreno for the robbery The attorney general's office said that those arrests led investigators to solve the fatal shooting of a man at a Juárez gas station on Nov Investigators arrested Ricardo "Richy" Salinas Gallegos who allegedly belongs to a rival drug group Officials said that Salinas allegedly ordered the killing of Jorge Andres Garcia Anaya at the gas station Investigators suspect Salinas had Garcia killed because Nivardhy had allegedly hired Garcia to try to kill Salinas Daniel Borunda may be reached at 546-6102; dborunda@elpasotimes.com; @BorundaDaniel on Twitter The reputed leader of the Sinaloa drug cartel in Chihuahua allegedly threatened police with a grenade when he was arrested this week near Villa Ahumada alias "El Chihuas," is accused of running Sinaloa cartel drug-trafficking operations in Juárez "He appears to currently hold the highest rank in the (cartel) structure and was in charge of the plazas in Chihuahua City Ciudad Juárez and the Valley of Juárez on behalf of the Sinaloa cartel," Chihuahua Attorney General Jorge Gonzalez Nicolas said in a news release Ojeda was arrested following a three-month investigation, officials said. Ojeda's arrest occurred the same week that a state police operations have been targeting feuding drug-trafficking groups in the northwest part of the Chihuahua. A rocket launcher, tigers and lions were among weapons and items seized Ojeda was driving in a white GMC Denali with his family when he was stopped by police after a chase Ojeda is allegedly heard cursing and repeatedly telling a woman to "give me the grenade" as the woman is heard crying and pleading that she doesn't want to die according to a recording from a microphone provided by the attorney general's office Ojeda allegedly told "police that they didn't know who they were messing with" and threatened to detonate the grenade "They managed to detain him and prevent a tragedy," Gonzalez said "The explosion of that grenade would have reached our police partners but also his (Ojeda's) family and (Ojeda) himself." Ojeda is accused of running an operation that transported tons of marijuana and other drugs from the mountains to Chihuahua City then north to Villa Ahumada and Juárez where the drugs are smuggled into the United States He was also allegedly in charge of groups involved in street-level drug distribution Ojeda was wanted on a warrant in connection with the execution-style killing of Miguel Angel Rodriguez Olivas on March 20 in Juárez Ojeda also allegedly had four packages of marijuana and a small plastic bag of crystal methamphetamine when he was arrested had been a member of the now-defunct state judicial police but was fired in 1994 for lack of trust he was arrested on drug charges and spent 10 years in a state prison Ojeda was kidnapped but was rescued by reputed Sinaloa drug cartel lieutenant "El Ingeniero" (the engineer) Gabino Salas Valenciano who was killed in the Valley of Juárez in 2013 Gonzalez said that Ojeda disappeared for years before re-surfacing in recent months allegedly take charge of regional Sinaloa cartel operations following the arrest of Oscar Eduardo "El Negro" Vargas Romo in March 2015 Ojeda was allegedly "the most visible leader of the Sinaloa cartel," Gonzalez said Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker