Overview
- Martha Alicia Méndez Aguilar remains in preventive detention after being linked to process for aggravated femicide and attempted homicide, with a six‑month period set for complementary investigation.
- U.S. counterterrorism officials say NCTC intelligence was critical to a binational operation in early September that led to her capture in the Ciudad Juárez area.
- Forensic findings in the case of a 20‑year‑old identified as Leslie determined death by hypovolemic shock following uterine extraction, and authorities reported the fetus was not found.
- Investigators are reviewing at least five related cases and examining indications that operations were coordinated with her husband and son, both incarcerated at Cefereso No. 3.
- Media accounts describe newborns sold to buyers in the United States for up to 250,000 pesos, while allegations of organ extraction remain under investigation.