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Women have been missing and murdered in Ciudad Juárez since the 1990s, but Mexican law enforcement has flagged what the source describes as a newer, more targeted operation involving young pregnant women from poor neighborhoods. The account says young women are kidnapped, mutilated for their fetuses, and their babies are then sold to American buyers across the border in El Paso. The bodies of victims are reported as being left for dead, including cases found completely naked and visibly mutilated in alleyways throughout Juárez, with evidence of a prior pregnancy but no babies in or near their bodies.
The information is presented as confidential reporting from Mexican law enforcement, stating the operation has been flagged “for the past couple of months.” The sources the reporter spoke with believe the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) is behind the operation. The reporter says some details cannot be shared due to an active investigation and that the victims are often not widely covered because they are young, vulnerable women from low socioeconomic backgrounds.
To illustrate cases that may relate, the reporter discusses publicly reported deaths and missing persons. Leslie Godinez Carrillo, 20, from León, Guanajuato, was reported missing July 17 and later found dead at a home in the Portal del Roble neighborhood; the reporter says she was pregnant. The reporter also references a 17-year-old girl from Hobbs, New Mexico found in a clandestine grave in July in the same general area but not the same neighborhood, and says it does not appear she was pregnant. Other incidents mentioned include a victim known as Irassim, 33, killed by strangulation, with three men arrested; two other victims not identified; another very young woman whose pregnancy status is described as unclear; and a woman found strangled in the El Granjero neighborhood, where it is also unclear whether she was pregnant.
The reporter says the Fiscalía’s protective practices around victim identities may prevent details needed to connect cases to a CJNG baby-theft operation. The account also describes alleged medical involvement, saying the people behind the operation likely have a certified OBGYN performing removal of the baby, described as “a butchered cesarean section,” with the priority described as keeping the baby alive while the mother dies or is left for dead. The reporter says the demand and logistics remain unresolved, including who the buyers are and how babies reach the United States, whether through paperwork or through illegal border crossings.
A recent addition described is a woman’s body found this week in the Jardines de Roma neighborhood, adjacent to where Leslie was found; the reporter says she was pregnant, but provides no further details. The reporter connects the alleged shift in organized-crime revenue strategies to a broader context of southern border crackdown, stating that as revenue from smuggling decreases, organized groups allegedly turn to other means, including this case.
The reporter argues the ongoing pattern reduces the likelihood of justice, especially because victims’ families often lack resources and because public outrage tends to be less likely for women who are not widely recognized. The story is framed as needing attention and further reporting as information develops, including the whereabouts of the babies, which the reporter says remain unknown. The reporter credits other news organizations and individuals for help in tracking and digging into the story.