Murders of women rising in Mexican border city

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MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - The number of murders of women in a Mexican city on the U.S. border are rising, despite a government crackdown to end an 11-year spree that has killed more than 340
females.

The victims have been beaten and strangled in Ciudad Juarez, just south of El Paso, Texas, in a string of murders that has provoked outrage in Mexico and abroad. About a third of the victims were
sexually assaulted. snip

Despite the appointment of a special prosecutor last year, officials said on Tuesday eight women had been killed in the industrial city since January 1 -- a four-fold rise on the number of cases
reported in the same period last year.

Claudia Banuelos, a spokeswoman for the state prosecutor's office, said the recent jump in murders was "worrying." But she declined to comment on possible reasons for the spike, which came despite the
jailing of 11 men in two high-profile trials in recent months.

Analysts and women's groups in the city said some of the convictions were obtained from confessions under torture, leaving the real criminals at large to continue preying on women across the
city.

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Here is a perfect example to show effective using torture is. They tortured the wrongs guys into confessing and the killer(s) are still free and still killing. Brilliant move. Idiots!

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1. Once again, torture is useless for anything but vindictive sadism. n/t

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2. I remember 10 years ago Time Magazine reporting on this city

The report was on the incredible high numbers of Murdered Women. It claimed Ciudad Juarez had a very "heavy" serial killer running amuck. Didn't Hannibal Lecter head down "Mexico Way"!