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Mexico bus drivers stay at home after blonde vigilante's 'revenge killings' Mexico bus drivers stay at home after blonde vigilante's 'revenge killings'
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The blonde vigilante allegedly out to avenge female victims of sexual assault in Mexico has struck fear into the hearts of Ciudad Juárez's bus drivers. Half of the drivers who work a bus route on which two colleagues were shot to death last week – possibly by a woman calling herself "Diana, the hunter of bus drivers" seeking revenge for purported sexual abuse of female passengers – failed to show up for work on Tuesday.The blonde vigilante allegedly out to avenge female victims of sexual assault in Mexico has struck fear into the hearts of Ciudad Juárez's bus drivers. Half of the drivers who work a bus route on which two colleagues were shot to death last week – possibly by a woman calling herself "Diana, the hunter of bus drivers" seeking revenge for purported sexual abuse of female passengers – failed to show up for work on Tuesday.
Only 10 of the 20 drivers assigned to the 4A bus route in the city took the wheel "because they are afraid", a dispatcher said.Only 10 of the 20 drivers assigned to the 4A bus route in the city took the wheel "because they are afraid", a dispatcher said.
"There were a lot fewer passengers, too," said the dispatcher, who refused to be quoted by name out of fear of being targeted. "Everyone is afraid something could happen," he added."There were a lot fewer passengers, too," said the dispatcher, who refused to be quoted by name out of fear of being targeted. "Everyone is afraid something could happen," he added.
Officials said plainclothes police officers were on board buses and conducting weapons searches to prevent further killings.Officials said plainclothes police officers were on board buses and conducting weapons searches to prevent further killings.
Mexican prosecutors released a police sketch of a female suspect drawn from the testimony of at least 20 witnesses. It shows a woman wearing a sun visor over hair pulled back on her head.Mexican prosecutors released a police sketch of a female suspect drawn from the testimony of at least 20 witnesses. It shows a woman wearing a sun visor over hair pulled back on her head.
They said they were looking into claims made over the weekend in an email from the self-styled "bus driver hunter", who said she was seeking revenge on behalf of fellow women whom she alleged had been abused by bus drivers in Ciudad Juárez, which is across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas.They said they were looking into claims made over the weekend in an email from the self-styled "bus driver hunter", who said she was seeking revenge on behalf of fellow women whom she alleged had been abused by bus drivers in Ciudad Juárez, which is across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas.
The claims echoed deeply in Ciudad Juárez, which has a grim history of sexual violence against women travelling on buses.The claims echoed deeply in Ciudad Juárez, which has a grim history of sexual violence against women travelling on buses.
Authorities say a woman wearing a blonde wig, or dyed hair, boarded one of the school bus-style vehicles that serve as transport in the city last Wednesday morning. She approached the driver, took out a pistol, shot him in the head and got off. The next day, apparently the same woman did exactly the same thing to another driver on the same route.Authorities say a woman wearing a blonde wig, or dyed hair, boarded one of the school bus-style vehicles that serve as transport in the city last Wednesday morning. She approached the driver, took out a pistol, shot him in the head and got off. The next day, apparently the same woman did exactly the same thing to another driver on the same route.
Arturo Sandoval, spokesman for the Chihuahua state prosecutors' office, said the vigilante claim was considered one of the working hypotheses in the crimes as there was no apparent robbery.Arturo Sandoval, spokesman for the Chihuahua state prosecutors' office, said the vigilante claim was considered one of the working hypotheses in the crimes as there was no apparent robbery.
"Now that we have the email in the case file, it indicates that this could have been someone who had a run-in with a driver or one of his relatives," Sandoval said."Now that we have the email in the case file, it indicates that this could have been someone who had a run-in with a driver or one of his relatives," Sandoval said.
Many of the women murdered during a string of more than 100 eerily similar killings of women in Ciudad Juárez in the 1990s and early 2000s disappeared after boarding buses. Their bodies were often found weeks or months later, raped, strangled and dumped in the desert or vacant lots.Many of the women murdered during a string of more than 100 eerily similar killings of women in Ciudad Juárez in the 1990s and early 2000s disappeared after boarding buses. Their bodies were often found weeks or months later, raped, strangled and dumped in the desert or vacant lots.
Several bus drivers were arrested in connection with those killings. One had his conviction overturned and his co-defendant, another bus driver, died in prison before sentencing.Several bus drivers were arrested in connection with those killings. One had his conviction overturned and his co-defendant, another bus driver, died in prison before sentencing.
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