A mother takes on the cartels and corruption | Forensic Files

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please see the show notes for this episode on your app or on our website on Sunday December 12 2010 52 year old
Maricela Escobedo stood in Chihuahua City's main Square Plaza Hidalgo surrounded by news camera Crews and
reporters in view of the Government Palace where the executive officers of the state
Governor were housed Maricela based a bombardment of questions the mother of five business owner and a
Night Nurse responded to H1 matter-of-factly yes he is still in Mexico yes I've had threats made against me
no I won't be going into hiding [Music] despite everything Maricela remained defiant
if this man is going to kill me she announced let him come and kill me here [Music]
thank you [Music] by December 2008 it had been several months since anyone had heard from Ruby
freyr the 16 year old lived in an apartment in the Mexican city of Juarez that was
owned by her mother Maricela escobero Maricela had offered the residents to her daughter rent free as while Ruby
sought Independence she was struggling financially Maricela initially thought Ruby hadn't
been in touch because she couldn't afford to pay her phone bill and had lost access to the service
But as time wore on maricela's concerns grew she sent her Elder son Juan to visit
Ruby and check up on her he was surprised to find her apartment completely bare 22 year old Sergio Barraza was at his
mother's house when there was a knock at the door it was Maricela Escobedo Sergio had been employed as a laborer at
the workshop Maricela co-rand with her partner Jose monhei he was also dating maricela's daughter
Ruby a few months earlier in late August Sergio had taken a week off work he'd told Maricela that he needed to
care for his father who had been injured in a road accident Weeks Later Sergio resigned
now that Ruby was missing Maricela figured her boyfriend might know a thing or two about her daughter's whereabouts
yet Sergio claimed that he hadn't seen Ruby since November saying that she had run off with some tall white guy in a
black car Maricela gazed Beyond where Sergio was standing and looked into his house
a lump Rose in her throat she could see Ruby and Sergio's 15 month old daughter Maricela knew Ruby would never willingly
leave her child and was certain something bad must have happened in the city of Juarez anything was
possible criminal groups known as cartels sought control of the city as it bordered the
U.S state of Texas by 2008 the conflict had reached the boiling point gang violence engulfed the city as the
incumbent Juarez cartel known for decapitating and mutilating its Rivals Ford off Sinaloa cartel run by notorious
drug lord El Chapo law-abiding citizens were caught in the crossfire and often fell victim to wider
organized crimes such as racketeering and human trafficking fearing the worst for her daughter
Maricela Escobedo went to file a missing person report the police refused to process it
believing Ruby had indeed run away with another man unconvinced and undeterred Maricela
began her own search she bravely ventured into the city's most dangerous neighborhoods scouring
nightclubs and brothels while putting up posters and pressing passers-by for information
after almost a month of desperate and dogged searching Maricela finally received a worthwhile tip-off
on Tuesday January 27 2009 a 17 year old boy named Angel Valles contacted Maricela offering to tell her everything
he knew and hell was clearly terrified when speaking with Maricela he trembled as he detailed what had
happened one evening in late August 2008. and hell was hanging out with a group of
friends when Sergio Barraza and his brother Andy arrived Sergio boasted that he had just killed
his girlfriend burned her body and then dumped her remains quote with the pigs when Maricela initially questioned
Sergio about Ruby's disappearance he had told her that Ruby had run off with some
tall white guy in a black car it was a familiar lie on a previous occasion Maricella had
entered her Workshop looking for Ruby and upon querying Sergio he told her that Ruby had run away with a tall white
man in a black car acella accepted Sergio's word and made note of it in a missing person's report
Ruby then reappeared the following morning in tears as detailed by Mexican news magazine
processo it was at this point that Maricela discovered that Sergio had been grooming her daughter since Ruby was 14
years old Sergio who was then married and had a five-year-old daughter had convinced
Ruby to run away with him he kept her hidden in a warehouse a few blocks from his apartment
upon realizing she had actually been abandoned by Sergio Ruby returned home to her mother devastated
after this incident Maricela fired Sergio and kept a close eye on Ruby but Sergio didn't give up and tracked
Ruby down at her school in early May of 2006 he persuaded Ruby to move in with him
Maricela tried to convince her daughter to leave Sergio who smashed the windshield of maricela's car in
retaliation given the age of consent in the state of Chihuahua was 18 Maricela considered
reporting Sergio for statutory rape however she understood that Sergio's control over Ruby ensured that her
daughter would never testify against him then in October Ruby discovered she was
pregnant not wanting to damage her relationship with her daughter any further Maricela
changed tactics she provided Sergio and Ruby with a rent-free apartment rehired Sergio at the workshop and
offered to pay for all pre and postnatal expenses during her pregnancy Ruby spent most of
her time with her mother and the two became close but after Ruby gave birth Sergio began
the process of isolating her from her family as the months passed Maricela saw less
and less of ruby and after waving goodbye to Ruby on Friday August 22 2008. Maricela never saw her again
Maricela was devastated after hearing unhealth Vader's story implicating Sergio in her daughter's murder
she went home and informed her other children what had happened to their sister resolving to never rest until she
brought Sergio Barraza to Justice Maricela convinced a wary unheld to repeat his story to the authorities and
with that an investigation into Ruby freire's disappearance finally began it brought with it a startling
revelation on August 30 the previous year Sergio barraza's stepfather had personally
attended the police station to report Ruby's murder he said that Sergio had used his van to
transport Ruby's body police officers visited Sergio's house but upon finding no evidence of a murder
having been committed there they completely dismissed Sergio's stepfather's claims and didn't pursue
the matter any further by the time all this came to light Sergio was long gone he'd fled the state of Chihuahua taking
Ruby's now 20-month-old daughter with him at the time any movement of a child across state lines required the consent
of the mother as Ruby was not officially listed as deceased Sergio had effectively abducted
their child the abduction prompted a separate ministerial investigation though it was
maricela's own detective work that tracked Sergio down to the city of fresnio some 1100 kilometers away
Sergio was promptly arrested and Maricela was given custody of her granddaughter
while being transferred back to Juarez for the crime of abduction Sergio made a spontaneous confession
he told the ministerial police officers that Ruby had been unfaithful to him and
in retaliation he'd beaten her to death with the help of his brother Andy Barraza Sergio transported Ruby's body
in his stepfather's van to a landfill on the outskirts of Juarez bones and fat from animal carcasses were
routinely dumped there so the men believed it to be the ideal spot to burn Ruby's body
Sergio directed The ministerial police officers to the exact location of the pyre where they uncovered 39 charred
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foreign [Music] trial for the murder of Ruby freyr commenced in April 2010. the now 18 year old angel Villas bravely
testified against Sergio in court he described the moment Sergio bragged about having killed Ruby before burning
and dumping her remains a ministerial police officer who arrested Sergio maintained that Sergio
was solely responsible for what happened to Ruby as she was found in the exact location and the exact manner Sergio had
described in an unexpected about face Sergio's stepfather told the court that Sergio
hadn't confessed to him that he'd killed Ruby despite him saying so to police shortly after it happened
he was now claiming that Sergio had only confessed to assaulting Ruby some believed the man had changed his
story to protect Sergio in emotional testimony Maricela Escobedo said that the defendant had destroyed
her heart her hope and her faith but not her life she pledged that one day her family
would smile again because life demands it Maricela explicitly entrusted Sergio's
fate into the hands of the court and concluded her testimony by addressing Sergio directly
may God forgive you because I don't Sergio Barraza chose not to testify he did however take the opportunity to
respond to Maricela as was his right under Mexican law in front of the three presiding judges
Sergio acknowledged maricela's lack of forgiveness and apologized to her for the great harm caused
he said that he'd found God while in jail on remand but that otherwise he had no words
after three days of Court proceedings the judges retired to deliberate Maricela told reporters that she would
accept nothing less than the maximum sentence for her daughter's murderer the unanimous verdict was read aloud
for the murder of Ruby fryer Sergio Barraza was found not guilty after both literally and figuratively
picking herself up off the floor Maricela Escobedo appealed to the state's higher Court claiming that the
trial's original three judges had made serious errors of law in reaching their decision
the appeal also highlighted that efficiencies in the investigation itself particularly the little effort made by
authorities to examine anything beyond the evidence and witnesses that Maricella herself uncovered
they hadn't even bothered to track down on hell of veers as friends who had also
witnessed Sergio bragging about Ruby's murder it was also found that the murder trial
judges had incorrectly disregarded Angel's testimony as hearsay when it should have been considered
circumstantial evidence despite Ruby's remains having been found to dumped and burnt the original judges
had focused on the lack of a formal cause of death to conclude that no homicide had been committed
in contrast the appeal court said it was a certainty that Ruby had been murdered
while the state appellate courts supported the judge's original decision to disregard Sergio's confession to
police as it was given without a lawyer present they determined that Sergio's in
court apology to Maricela Escobedo should have been considered a confession as it was in the presence of his lawyer
in late May 2010 the appeal court overturned the acquittal Sergio Barraza was found guilty of the
murder of Ruby freyr and sentenced to 50 years in prison the sentence was meaningless
before the appeal court handed down its decision Sergio still a free man at this
point once again fled the state of Chihuahua his whereabouts were unknown [Music]
fueled by frustration and anger Maricela Escobedo quit her nursing job and left her Workshop business to join forces
with a human rights defense group called Justice for daughters alongside her family and other group
members Maricela began a crusade for justice she marched on the country's capital of
Mexico City armed with life-sized photographs of Ruby banners demanding Justice and wanted posters featuring
Sergio Barraza covering nearly 1800 kilometers Maricela met with City and town officials along
the way to explain her case and request that they turn over Sergio should he be found within their limits
she Drew media attention in any way she could even walking naked with the just the banner wrapped around her body
Maricela told reporters that she was marching against the systemic impunity For Those who commit violence against
women soon the case of Ruby fryer became the latest symbol of the growing femicide
epidemic in Mexico after nearly four weeks of daily marching Maricela finally arrived in
Mexico City where she requested an audience with President Felipe Calderon he refused to see her
upon her return to Juarez Maricela was dismayed to discover that although Sergio was a convicted murderer and a
wanted fugitive the authorities had done absolutely nothing to locate him once again she was forced to take
matters into her own hands acting on a hunch she returned to fresnio the city where she had
previously found Sergio when he was on the run in June 2009 it didn't take long for Maricela to
learn where he was living now she informed authorities and on Tuesday July 13 2010 they descended on the
property despite the dozens of heavily armed state federal and military police Sergio
was able to escape out the rear of the house before disappearing Into the Night months passed and the authorities made
zero effort to pick up Sergio's Trail it was left to Maricela to hunt down her daughter's killer
by now rumors were circulating that Sergio was under the protection of the state's cartel Los Zetas
in time Maricela began receiving veiled threats including from Sergio's Brother Andy Barraza
pressing forward irrespective of the danger Maricela eventually discovered Sergio's whereabouts
as she suspected he hadn't left fresnio when Maricela approached the house a young woman opened the door
the girl said she was Sergio's girlfriend and that he was indeed a member of lost Zetas
Maricela now understood what the fres Neo authorities were unwilling to arrest Sergio
in 2010 Los Zetas was the largest cartel in Mexico described by the United States Drug
Enforcement Administration as the most technologically advanced sophisticated and violent cartel lost his etas
controlled the majority of the country's States as far as the fres Neo authorities were
concerned Sergio Barraza who had risen rapidly through the ranks of a losses at us was untouchable
foreign despite this Revelation Maricela refused to back down she had spent two years fighting for
justice and it had taken an immense toll on her health and well-being but this didn't dissuade her from
commencing a sit-in vigil in Chihuahua City's main Square Plaza Hidalgo directly in front of the Government
Palace starting on December 5 2010 Maricela vowed to remain in the plaza until Sergio Barraza was arrested
she aimed to Garner the attention of the new State Governor Cesar dawate who'd been elected on the promise that he'd
bring order to Chihuahua for days Maricela sat in the plaza surrounded by posters and Banners
denouncing the lack of justice for her daughter [Music] she was supported by A procession of
family friends and fellow human rights Defenders then on December 8 Maricela confronted
Governor Duarte in front of the Government Palace calling him out on his failures and embarrassing him in front
of the media in response a visibly annoyed Duarte invited Maricela to speak directly with
the State Attorney General Carlos Salas Maricela accepted the offer and in the meeting she told Salas all she had
uncovered regarding Sergio barraza's whereabouts links to Los Zetas and the ineffective policing that allowed him to
roam free Salas assured Maricela that action would be taken [Music] Maricela then resumed her peaceful
protest in front of the Government Palace as a constant reminder to Duarte and Salas to make good on their promise
one week into her sit-in Maricela told reporters that she had received many threats from Sergio's Family and the
cartel including that Los Zetas do not forgive nor forget and failure to abide by their rules
would cost her her life [Music] Maricela refused to go into hiding instead she continued to call out the
government's continued inaction what are they waiting for she asked for him to finish me
Maricela then threw down the only Gauntlet she had left she announced that if Sergio Barraza
wanted her dad then he would have to do it right in front of the governor's Palace to The Shame of the bureaucrats
that worked behind its doors four days later on the evening of Thursday December 16 2010 Maricela and
her brother Ricardo were quietly sitting in protest at a table set up at the front edge of the Plaza
just after 8 PM a white sedan pulled up near where Maricela and Ricardo sat a man dressed in light trousers and a
dark top slipped out of the passenger side of the car after taking a few steps he stood
directly behind Maricela the man pulled out a nine millimeter pistol pressed it against maricella's
head and fired the gun jammed Maricela leapt from her seat and took off Ricardo grabbed his own chair and threw
it at the gunman just as Maricela sprinted across two lanes of moving traffic towards the perceived safety of
the Government Palace the gunman caught up to her just before she reached the other side of the road
in mid-stride he raised his gun to the back of maricela's head again and pulled the trigger
there was no obstruction this time Maricela collapsed to the ground directly in front of the government
palace's entrance the gunman scrambled back into the white sedan and It sped off into the night
traffic slowed only for a moment before moving on a pedestrian within meters of maricela's
prone bleeding body turned briefly to observe what had taken place then continued onwards on their Journey
the only person who seemed to care about what had happened was Ricardo who banged
it desperately on the locked doors of the Government Palace screaming for help in the wake of the public outcry and
condemnation that followed Maricela escobedo's murder authorities were quick to blame Sergio Barraza for
orchestrating the assassination Chihuahua Governor sassad dawate told reporters that he was filled with
frustration and indignation and called for the judges who had initially acquitted Sergio to be sacked
president Felipe Calderon likewise tweeted it is unfortunate that the Chihuahua judges released the confessed murderer
of Ruby that impunity led to the murder of Maricela Escobedo hours after maricela's funeral the
workshop that she ran with her partner Jose monhei was destroyed by fire Jose's brother Manuel who had been
looking after the shop was missing Manuel was found to dead the following day his hands and feet were bound with
duct tape and a plastic bag was pulled tight over his head the official response was that Manuel's
murder was not linked to maricella's yet maricela's oldest son Juan knew what was
in the Netflix documentary the three deaths of Maricela Escobedo Juan recalled how people had also come
looking for him that day he realized then that as long as he and his family remained in Mexico their
lives were in danger leaving everything they'd worked for behind three generations of escobedos
fled across the border into the United States that very night back in Juarez less than three months
after Maricela and Manuel's murders six men burst into a home and shot dead at the three adults inside
the offenders all barely out of their teens fled immediately after the shooting their victims were the now 20 year old
angel of Villas his father and his aunt a year and a half later in October 2012 Chihuahua authorities announced that
they had arrested Maricela escobedo's killer the man they named was 30 year old lifelong gang member Jose Jimenez known
as l wickard L Wicked was already in custody for the massacre of 16 people in a bar in
Chihuahua six months earlier a gun used in this crime was matched to the one used to execute Maricela
according to the authorities Earl wickard had confessed to carrying out their head on Maricela under joint
instructions from the Juarez cartel and a loss of Zetas Maricella had become too much of a
nuisance for them this Revelation was just another slap in the face of maricella's loved ones
served by a government they regarded as corrupt and apathetic in an exclusive interview with Mexican
news magazine processor Juan expressed his opinion that El Wicked was merely a high-ranking cartel scapegoat whose
arrest enabled the government to close his mother's case Juan explained that his uncle Ricardo
remembered the man who murdered Maricela and that man was not ill Wicked when shown a photo lineup of known gang
members Ricardo recognized one man as maricella's killer with 100 certainty the photo was of Sergio barraza's
Brother Andy he had previously been accused of helping Sergio dispose of Ruby frere's
body Ricardo had never seen Andy Barraza prior to the night of maricela's murder
but he never forgot his face Juan and Ricardo had passed this information to the authorities but were
ignored after naming Andy Barraza as maricela's killer Juan then went one step further
and openly accused the Chihuahua government of complicity in his mother's death hey explained that Maricela effectively
signed her own death warrant when she revealed all of her information to the attorney general Carlos Salas
it was also discovered that in addition to the usual 24-hour security Personnel that routinely patrolled the Government
Palace a personal security detail had been promised to Maricela however when the doors of the Government
Palace closed at 8 pm on December 16 2010. Maricela was shot minutes later with no security staff inside
according to Juan the area had been intentionally cleared and Andy Barraza knew he would not be interrupted
on Friday November 16 2012 four members of Los zatas were killed in an armed clash with the Mexican Army
among those killed was Sergio Barraza eight days later Governor sassadawate announced that with Sergio dad and Del
Wicked in custody the cases of Ruby fryra and Maricela Escobedo were officially closed
however as his trial approached a wicked retracted his confession to maricela's murder
he said it had been made under torture and threats against his wife and children
these claims along with Ricardo's identification that Andy Barraza carried out the slaying meant that the
prosecution could have a difficult time convicting ill Wicked for maricela's murder
on Wednesday December 31 2014 before his trial commenced El Wicked was found dead
in prison the authorities initially said he had died from a heart attack but were later
forced to admit that Earl wickard had been strangled to death by another inmate who had somehow gained access to
his cell by January 2015 all the members of the escobed or family who had escaped into
America had been granted permanent political Asylum the immigration judge who ruled in favor
of Juan's application specifically stated that the Mexican Government is unable or unwilling to control actors
who persecute human rights Defenders in October 2020 the inter-american commission on human rights announced
that it would give Mexico three months to provide its response to the escobedo's complaints of human rights
violations in relation to the murders of Ruby and Maricela before the commission
considered the case the escobedos hoped that one day soon Mexico would be held publicly and
internationally responsible for these human rights violations by December 2020 shortly after the
commission's announcement and the release of the Netflix documentary the three deaths of Maricela Escobedo both
the governor of Chihuahua and to the Mexican president announced the reopening of Maricela escobedo's murder
investigation that same year Andy Barraza in prison in Texas for unrelated crimes gave an
exclusive interview to the makers of the Netflix documentary Andy openly admitted that Sergio who had
gained senior ranking within losses at us had organized the head on Marisela and the arson attack on her Workshop
Andy denied killing Maricela as of 2022 the investigation into maricela's murder is still ongoing
it has been more than a decade and each year since all across Mexico citizens continued to March against what they
perceive as government-sanctioned impunity granted to perpetrators of violence against women
Maricela is one of their symbols when speaking at his mother's funeral Juan Escobedo said
she fought to her last breath and died on the front lines my mum was a hero because she did things
that no one in the city had ever done she fought on her own against rain and thunder
even when she seemed like she would break down she got up again and taught us a lesson in fortitude
I ask all of you to give my mum a big round of applause [Music] [Music] case File presents a new Spotify
exclusive podcast Maddie no one is ever prepared for a loved one to suddenly disappear that's the thing about
missingness when someone you love vanishes into thin air every family that experiences it has to figure it out for
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I just sat there again oh my God oh my God something wasn't right the leversons grew more worried by the minute he's
walking up and down like a cage line and he's sweating and he's clammy the man has no emotions at all towards the end
he wouldn't let Matt out of his sight narrated by Lauren O'Keefe the founder of the missing persons advocacy Network
and host of case File presents podcast what's missing the police informed Mark and Faye levison that they're no longer
considered Matt a missing person I told they know that the case had been transferred to homicide and he said I've
called the police I've found a grave there's a medic in the bush the receipt showed that two items had been purchased
duct tape and a garden Master brand Matic I think we were in shock for ages after that the world just seemed to
stand still hear how a family took on the system to try and find Justice for their son for the very first time made
us feel like the police and us were no longer on the same side and then he sat there and said to me it was Matt's
lifestyle that had him murdered no I just said the stops now that's that's ridiculous some people in this
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we thought you know with a chance of finding math if they won in a million one in team million but it wasn't zero
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Case 230: Rubí Frayre & Marisela Escobedo

When 16-year-old Rubí Frayre went missing from the Mexican city of Juarez, police showed little interest. Exasperated, Rubí's mother, Marisela Escobedo, took it upon herself to uncover the truth about her daughter’s fate.

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Brief Summary

Matthew Levison went missing, while Maricela Escobedo fought for justice after her daughter's murder, highlighting systemic violence against women in Mexico.

Key points

Maricela's Defiance. Maricela Escobedo stood firm against threats, declaring her willingness to face death.
Sergio's Confession. Sergio Barraza confessed to the murder of Ruby Freyr, revealing chilling details.
The Assassination Attempt. Maricela is shot in front of the Government Palace, highlighting the dangers faced by activists.
The Aftermath of Maricela's Murder. Authorities blame Sergio Barraza for orchestrating Maricela's assassination, but questions remain.
Maricela's Confrontation. Maricela confronts Governor Duarte about his failures, demanding accountability in front of the media.

Episode highlights

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Let him come and kill me here.

Maricela Escobedo's defiance in the face of threats

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