“Sol Prendido” for Borderland Beat
The 44-year-old woman and her 23-year-old son were traveling in a compact car to the city of Guadalajara, Jalisco.
In Durango, there is indignation and anger among citizens for the death of Esther and Abdiel, who were murdered, presumably by hitmen of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, on a highway in the state of Zacatecas.
The events occurred last Sunday, when the 44 year-old woman and her 23 year-old son were traveling in a compact car to the city of Guadalajara, Jalisco, to participate in an event related to commerce and industry.
However, on the way between the municipalities of Fresnillo and Jerez, in Zacatecas, the family lost communication with them.
In the absence of information from both people, their friends and family made several complaints on social networks to find their whereabouts; under social pressure, the Zacatecas police informed them that Esther and Abdiel had been killed by hired killers from a criminal group operating in the area.
The CJNG criminals shot at the vehicle in which Esther and Abdiel were traveling.
The bodies of the victims were delivered to their families on Monday night and it was not until Thursday when they were buried, among hundreds of people who are outraged and angry at this cowardly crime.
Esther was a pastor of a Christian church in the municipality of Durango and her congregants, family, friends and co-workers in the Historic Center of the state capital, demand justice from the authorities, and call on President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to stop, punish and clarify this double homicide.