Douglas teen kidnapped, strangled in Agua Prieta


Published/Last Modified on Tuesday, April 21, 2009 10:06 PM MDT


A 19-year-old Douglas man was found strangled to death in the back of a vehicle in Agua Prieta.


According to Douglas Police, on Saturday, April 11, they were informed of a missing person, Alejandro “Alex” Abril, by his family.

Abril had been at a popular Agua Prieta nightclub, Pachangas, when the mother received information that he had been kidnapped at about 3 a.m.

According to police, “The Abril family informed Douglas Police that Alejandro may have had some ties to information sharing of a drug and human smuggling organization.”

Douglas Police launched their investigation through cell phone companies for records of Abril’s cell phone, In the process of the investigation, police were notified by a family member that Abril’s deceased body had been found in an unspecified area of Agua Prieta.

Abril had been strangled and left in a vehicle along with two others, a 15-year-old female and a 17-year-old male, both from Mexico.

Exact details of the incident are still sketchy as the investigation is continuing by Agua Prieta Municipal Police.

The body of Alejandro Abril was transported to Douglas on Tuesday through arrangements made by the family for rosary and funeral services. 

 

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Comments

    message to all... wrote on May 1, 2009 2:36 AM:

    " Don't get involved in illegal stuff, it could be you in the newspaper next time!
    It's not worth it!! "

    FAMILY FIRST wrote on Apr 30, 2009 9:54 PM:

    " R.I.P. ALEX ABRIL

    IF TEARS COULD BUILD A STAIRWAY
    AND MEMORIES WERE A LANE
    WE WOULD WALK RIGHT UP TO HEAVEN
    AND BRING YOU BACK AGAIN.

    NO FAREWELL WORDS WERE SPOKEN,
    NO TIME TO SAY GOODBYE
    YOU WERE GONE BEFORE WE KNEW IT
    AND ONLY GOD KNOWS WHY.

    OUR HEARTS STILL ACHE IN SADNESS
    AND SECRET TEARS STILL FLOW
    WHAT IT MEANT TO LOOSE YOU
    NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW
    BUT WE NOW KNOW YOU WANT US,
    TO MOURN FOR YOU NO MORE
    BUT TO REMEMBER ALL THE HAPPY TIMES
    LIFE STILL HAS MUCH IN STORE.

    SINCE YOULL NEVER BE FORGOTEN
    WE PLEDGE TO YOU TODAY
    A HALLOWED PLACE
    WITHIN OUR HEARTS
    IS WERE YOULL ALWAYS STAY!

    FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS... "

    Martin wrote on Apr 30, 2009 3:25 PM:

    " To Douglas Dispatch,

    Where are all the other posted comments. "

    Ryan Trejo wrote on Apr 29, 2009 8:45 AM:

    " Man, oh man. My condolences go out to the families of the three people who were murdered. I hope that justice is served, although it probably will never be.

    If this didn't stop people from going to Mexico and doing risky things, I hope the fear of the swine flu will. Mexico may be good for cheap services and goods, but when you get wasted over there, then you're opening yourself to an extreme amount of danger. "

    Realistic wrote on Apr 27, 2009 3:37 PM:

    " This is exactly what happens when you get involved with the wrong people, Pachangas is very ghetto, he should've had more worth and knowledge to know what he was getting himself into. "

    old friend wrote on Apr 27, 2009 1:49 PM:

    " rest in peace alex u are gone but not forgotten. "

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