Out in the World: Arrests made in Mexican lesbian couple's killing
Authorities in the Mexican state of Chihuahua have arrested two people in connection with the killing of a lesbian couple in the city of Juarez.
The swift action comes as the state launched a new law enforcement unit specializing in crimes against women. Juarez, the Mexican border town across from El Paso, Texas, has long been plagued by an unusually high murder rate and other incidents of violence against women.
Cases can go unsolved for decades. On January 24, officers from Chihuahua's newly formed Crime Against Women Unit arrested a man and a woman, identified only as David R., 24, and Jacqueline Isela C.R., 25, in connection with the January 15 killings of newlyweds Nohemi Medina Martinez and Tania Montes Hernandez, who was also known as Yulisa Ramirez on social media.
Authorities only released the suspects' first names and initials of their last names, under Mexican law, reported the El Paso Times.
