2 arrests made after 383 bodies found piled up at Ciudad Juárez crematorium

Mexico News Daily ^ | 7-2-25 | MND Staff

[dynachrome]

The owner of a private crematorium in Ciudad Juárez where 383 bodies were left in piles to decompose has been arrested along with his sole employee.

The attorney general of Chihuahua, César Jáuregui Moreno, announced that José Luis Arellano Cuarón, the owner of the Plenitud crematorium in the Granjas Polo Gamboa neighborhood of Ciudad Juárez, and Facundo Martínez Robledo, an employee, were detained on Sunday.

A judge ruled that the two men must remain in preventive prison ahead of a court hearing on Friday. They face charges related to the improper handling of cadavers. If convicted on all counts, they face prison sentences of a minimum of eight and a maximum of 19 years.

Jáuregui said that the crematorium provided (or was supposed to provide) cremation services to six funeral homes in Ciudad Juárez, located on Mexico’s northern border opposite El Paso, Texas.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: bodies; crematorium; mexico

[dynachrome]

I believe 383 is a record. Colorado had a case recently and Louisiana had one awhile back.

[Jane Long]

Aye, Chihuahua ... this is so sick and sad.

[Deaf Smith]

Good call on the correct state of Mexico.

[Deaf Smith]

But also recalls the state of the US in 2020 when kin were not notified of relatives’ deaths due to not being allowed into hospitals.

Kin were placed into reefers units due lack of funeral arrangements and notifications.

[No name given]

Extremely sick!

[wouldilie]

Must have smelled good

[ponygirl]

I was on a bus tour of Santa Fe, New Mexico about 10 years back, and met a guy who was some sort of engineer (software maybe?) Anyway, he had been on a contract in Juarez and staying in a hotel. He decided to get out of town after they found seven severed heads behind his hotel.

[desertsolitaire]

Best headline

Headless Body Found Inside Topless Bar

[wardaddy]

Usual just hanging around in Culiacan

[PLMerite]

Yeah, I’m not gonna visit Mexico any time soon.

[Ozymandias Ghost]

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