MIAMI.-The bodies of the Cubans Ana Mercedes Capetillo Savón, 33, and Leydi de la Caridad Rodríguez Acosta, 36, were handed over this Wednesday to their relatives in Chiapas, Mexico, as confirmed by an official source. South Journal.
The victims had been found dismembered last Friday in an abandoned corral on the highway that connects the Pumpuapan canton with Nueva Granada, in the upper area of Tapachula, a city on the border with Guatemala and where many Cubans arrive, hoping to advance north.
According to initial investigations, the women were kidnapped by an armed group while they were in a hotel and then taken to an unknown location. In a video released prior to the murder, Ana Mercedes asked her family to pay the ransom demanded by her captors. However, when they did not receive the requested money, both Cuban women were murdered.
A motorcyclist identified as Julio Alberto, 18, witnessed the crime scene while traveling on the road. The young man was shot dead by the criminals, who eliminated any possible testimony.
After the procedures carried out by a local funeral home with the power of attorney of the relatives, the bodies were identified at the Border District Prosecutor’s Office and finally delivered for burial.
The border crossing between the United States and Mexico ranked as the “most dangerous land migratory route in the world” in 2022, with 686 dead or missing, according to a report of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) published last September.
At the beginning of the month, Cubanet published that Cuban doctor Adrián Pupo Ojeda, 28, was kidnapped in Mexico while trying to reach the United States. After several days in captivity, his family and friends raised part of the required amount and the kidnappers released him.
