Press reports from the summer of 1999 typically offered body counts between 180 and 190, sometimes coupled with a reminder that "at least 95 women" were still missing. Chihuahua authorities claimed that FBI agents had endorsed their conviction of Abdel Sharif, while El Paso G-men indignantly denied it (MURDERS of the YOUNG WOMEN of JUAREZ, MEXICO (http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/predators/ciudad_juarez/)."
At that point they brought in a serial killer forensics expert who told the authorities she believed there were a minimum of three serial killers involved and that the area had simply become a safe place for serial killers to carry out their murder fantasies.
By 2001 authorities in the area were desperate and had a rumored 50 suspects in custody hoping to stop the carnage but it continued even as the suspects were being charged, questioned and tried in various trials.
Today the murders continue to occur and theories range from corrupt police committing the murders, to wealthy businessmen doing it in some sort of strange ritual need.
The investigations continue and women of the city are being warned that until this is resolved, they are not safe.
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