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Zacatecas Confirms Killing of Searcher Aída Karina as Two Suspects Are Jailed on Related Charges

Forensic and surveillance evidence guided raids that broadened the case to suspected trafficking sites.

Overview

  • Aída Karina Juárez Jacobo was officially linked to the body found in Villa de Ramos, San Luis Potosí, after earlier family identification before San Luis Potosí authorities.
  • Ángel Antonio “N” and Juan Reynaldo “N” were detained in El Porvenir, Trancoso, and are in pretrial detention after being vinculados a proceso on federal weapons and narcotics counts.
  • Prosecutors obtained arrest warrants for aggravated kidnapping against both detainees, which are set to be executed in connection with the abduction and killing.
  • CCTV and C5 tracing documented the kidnapping with a motorcycle and a white Journey with overlaid plates, and clothing inside the artisanally altered SUV matched the victim’s DNA.
  • Searches in Guadalupe and Trancoso recovered shackles, a ballistic vest, firearms, drugs and clothing, six further raids targeted suspected trafficking and drug-sale sites, two additional people were detained under review, and the search for her daughter Goretti intensified.