The bodies of two women discovered March 24 in the hills above San Juan Cosala have been identified as local teachers related by blood who had been kidnapped in Ajijic on the night of March 13.
The abduction of Maria Mireya Martinez Urciaga, 46, and Gloria Judith Urciaga Aguilar, 52, was initially reported to Jalisco’s specialized kidnapping investigation unit in Guadalajara. Their corpses were located by agents of the Jocotepec Ministerio Publico (district attorney’s office) following up on an anonymous tip. They were found lying in a deep ravine situated approximately 800 meters beyond the end of the road in the residential area of El Limon. A helicopter was employed to remove the remains from the scene.
Local authorities indicated that the autopsy revealed that the victims died of asphyxiation several days before their bodies were found and showed no overt signs of physical torture.