Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Update: Female Police Still Missing In Mexico

From Fox News: The female police chief of Guadalupe, Mexico, has not been seen or heard from since being abducted two days before Christmas.
Erika Gandara was a former radio dispatcher for the police department in the town of 9,000, which is just across the U.S. border, one mile from Fabens, Texas. The previous police chief was murdered and decapitated; his head was found in an ice chest. Gandara, 28, a single woman with no children, was the only applicant for the job and its salary of $580 per month.
One policeman was murdered during Gandara's first week on the job. By the time she became chief, the entire force of eight patrolmen had either been killed or fled. She was the sole law enforcement representative in a Juarez valley town that was part of the war between competing drug cartels for access routes into the U.S.
Relatives feared for her safety and urged Gandara to keep a low profile. But she refused, posing with her rifle for newspaper interviews. Then, at 6 a.m. on December 23, 10 gunmen pulled up to her residence, dragged her out of the house and set the home on fire. She has not been seen or heard from since. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/02/08/americas-war-female-mexican-chief-police-missing-christmas/?test=latestnews

Last time I reported on this, the Mexican "authorities" reported that the family of Erika Gandara did not file a missing persons report. The "authorities" also thought the family may have had something to do with her disappearance. Obviously, this was not true.
Unfortunately, the El Paso Times has not followed up on this sad story, even though they were the lead writers of this story.
Please keep Erika Gandara in your prayers.

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