3 arrested in Mexico rape, killing of teen
Three men have been arrested in the Christmas Eve rape and slaying of a 17-year-old girl in this violent city on Mexico’s northern border, authorities said Thursday.
According to statements from two of the suspects, the three men were drinking with Claudia Flores Javier in her home in the early hours of Dec. 24 when one of them proposed having sex with her. She refused before the three raped her, said Claudia Elena Banuelos, spokeswoman for the state Attorney General’s Office.
One of the men responded to Flores’ resistance by hitting her several times on the head with a blunt object, which has not yet been found, Banuelos said.
When the man noticed that he had beaten Flores into unconsciousness, he ran away, she said.
The three suspects were identified as Mario Loya Aguirre and Jorge Armando Sifuentes Martinez, both detained on Sunday, and Eleazar Pena Navarro, who was arrested Tuesday.
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