Shock in Torreón due to massacre of two nurses and an IMSS secretary: they were tortured

Three sisters, two of them nurses and the other secretary of Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS), they were killed in a house to the west of the city of Torreón, Coahuila.

The discovery of the bodies, which showed visible signs of violence, was made this Friday at 00:30. The bodies were found inside a home on Fifth Street, Compresora neighborhood.

“Elements of the State Attorney General’s Office learned of the discovery of three female persons, without vital signs, in a state of decomposition, and that according to the first indications, they would have died by strangulation“The agency announced through a statement.

The victims were identified as Cecilia “N”, 48 years old; Araceli “N”, 59, and Dora “N”, 56. They were all sisters and worked in the health sector.

At the crime scene, the women’s bodies were on the floor with their hands and feet tied, two two of them were on the ground floor of the house and the other was upstairs, on a bed.

The FGE is awaiting the results of the autopsy, meanwhile it has already opened an investigation folder for these events.

After the massacre, the Mexican Institute of Social Security published a statement in which it strongly condemned the murder of the workers.

Derived from these unfortunate events, the director general of the IMSS, Zoé Robledo, he contacted the governor, Miguel Ángel Riquelme, in order to follow up on the investigations that allow identifying and punishing those responsible. “I condemn the murder of our collaborators, Cecilia, Araceli and Dora in Torreón. I send my sincere condolences to your relatives. We sympathize with the pain that overwhelms them, which is also ours, “he wrote on Twitter.

The agency also expressed its condolences to the victims’ family and co-workers. “The IMSS Family condemns all kinds of violence against women and any of its members, who in these moments of health emergency give their all to care for and save lives of patients COVID-19”

This morning, the secretary of the IMSS in Coahuila, Javier Guerrero, wrote that the events take place in a context in which health workers are important elements, for which he promised to act with determination on the crime.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Mexican Red Cross (CRM) expressed a bulletin this Friday their “great concern at the increase in registered attacks against health personnel and the health infrastructure in Mexico. “” In these times of crisis unleashed by the coronavirus, solidarity, humanity and the generosity of all are more necessary than ever, “said a message from the ICRC, who asked that” respect and gratitude “towards Mexican health personnel.

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