Episode 7 of The Red Note podcast, "The Cotton Field Case Part 2", is now available to stream and download on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast platforms.
You can listen and subscribe to episode 7 and the six previous episodes of the podcast in English at this link, or in Spanish through the following link.
Episode 7 of The Red Note podcast follows the years after the cotton field murders, when authorities in Juarez insisted that the case has been solved. In the wake of the eight murders, Chihuahua's forensics chief would resign, a lawyer for one of the suspects would be murdered, the FBI's El Paso bureau chief would resign in disgrace, and two bus drivers accused of the murders would be wrongfully convicted.
You can listen and subscribe to episode 7 and the six previous episodes of the podcast in English at this link, or in Spanish through the following link.
Episode 7 of The Red Note podcast follows the years after the cotton field murders, when authorities in Juarez insisted that the case has been solved. In the wake of the eight murders, Chihuahua's forensics chief would resign, a lawyer for one of the suspects would be murdered, the FBI's El Paso bureau chief would resign in disgrace, and two bus drivers accused of the murders would be wrongfully convicted.
Episode 7 Synopsis - The Cotton Field Case Part 2 (listen to episode 7)
Forensic examiner Oscar Maynez resigns after Juarez officials order him to plant evidence that would help implicate the two cotton field suspects. The FBI and Mexico’s federal government try to launch their own investigations of the serial murders along the border, but are rebuffed by Juarez officials. After the accused cotton field killers are convicted, doubts persist about their role in the murders, and the identity of the victims.
Forensic examiner Oscar Maynez resigns after Juarez officials order him to plant evidence that would help implicate the two cotton field suspects. The FBI and Mexico’s federal government try to launch their own investigations of the serial murders along the border, but are rebuffed by Juarez officials. After the accused cotton field killers are convicted, doubts persist about their role in the murders, and the identity of the victims.
Sinopsis del Episodio 7 - El Caso de Campo Algodonero Parte 2 (eschuche el episodio 7)
El forense Óscar Maynez renuncia a su cargo luego que sus superiores le dieran la orden de plantar evidencia para implicar cómo culpables a los sospechosos arrestados por el crimen del Campo Algodonero. El Gobierno Federal mexicano y el FBI intentan iniciar sus propias investigaciones sobre los feminicidios en la frontera, pero la autoridad en Ciudad Juárez no colabora. Luego que los acusados por el caso Campo Algodonero son condenados, la duda persiste sobre su participación en los feminicidios y sobre la identidad de las víctimas.
El forense Óscar Maynez renuncia a su cargo luego que sus superiores le dieran la orden de plantar evidencia para implicar cómo culpables a los sospechosos arrestados por el crimen del Campo Algodonero. El Gobierno Federal mexicano y el FBI intentan iniciar sus propias investigaciones sobre los feminicidios en la frontera, pero la autoridad en Ciudad Juárez no colabora. Luego que los acusados por el caso Campo Algodonero son condenados, la duda persiste sobre su participación en los feminicidios y sobre la identidad de las víctimas.