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| The bodies were found near the red marker |
At 7 am on Thursday, February 28, police received a report of
two bodies dumped by the road near the town of Jocotepec, on the western shores
of Lake Chapala, in the state of Jalisco, Mexico.
The bodies were found "encobijadas" – wrapped in
blankets – a common method of disposal by organized crime in Mexico. They were
of a man and a woman and were left above the hamlet of Crucero Potrerillos on
Highway 15, which links Guadalajara to Tizapán Alto on the lake’s southern
shore.
The man has variously been described as dark complexioned
and “swarthy”, and the woman as “white”. The blankets were plaid and the bodies were tied at
the neck and ankles with a white lasso.
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| The crime scene |
After the bodies were discovered members of the Municipal
Public Security Bureau arrived at the scene, after which a prosecutor from the
State Attorney General’s office arrived, as did investigators from Jalisco’s Institute of Forensic Sciences. Both victims
were then taken to the morgue in Ocotlan.
As of this report no names have been released, and there have been no arrests.
(TE Wilson is the author of Mezcalero, a Detective Sánchez novel.)
Twitter: @TimothyEWilson
Email: lapoliticaeslapolitica [at] gmail [dot] com
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