María Isabella Cordero
María Isabella Cordero Martínez | |
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Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico | |
Cause of death | Drive-by shooting |
Nationality | Mexican |
Other names | Isa |
Alma mater | Autonomous University of Chihuahua |
Employer | Local branch of the CANACO |
Known for | Televisa anchorwoman |
María Isabella Cordero Martínez (c. 1987 – 16 April 2010) was a Mexican television anchorwoman for a local
, Chihuahua's local Chamber of Commerce.She was murdered by unidentified gunmen outside a restaurant in the capital city of Chihuahua on 16 April 2010. At the crime scene, the Mexican authorities discovered several shell casings from assault rifles, the habitual weapon of the Mexican organized crime groups. The motive of the killing, however, remains unknown.
Early life and career
As a youth, Cordero completed her primary school education from Escuela Primaria Enrique Rebsamen, and then went on to middle school at the State Junior High Number 15. Upon graduation, she attended high school at an institution called III del Colegio de Bachilleres.[1]
Before enrolling at the University of Chihuahua to study Accounting and Business administration, Cordero's mother suggested that she participate in a casting for a local television program hosted by Televisa.[1] To her surprise, Cordero was selected from a pool of contestants to work as the anchorwoman for the television program. During her three-year career on Televisa, her show – although generally directed at housewives – attracted both men and women. After working for more than three years at Televisa, Cordero resigned to work as the director of public relations at the CANACO, Chihuahua city's Chamber of Commerce.[2] Cordero also opened a small shirt printing business where she sold T-shirts and blouses with peace messages in response to the drug violence in her home state.[1][3]
Cordero was about to graduate from the University of Chihuahua in June 2010 and was pursuing her graduate studies in the United States.[1]
Death
On 16 April 2010, Cordero and her friend María Catalina Flores Aguayo (age 22) went out for dinner at a local restaurant in
After the gunmen left the scene, witnesses dialed 060 and notified the Mexican authorities of the attack. The first to arrive were the Municipal police forces and then the Red Cross ambulances, which confirmed that the two women had died instantly from more than 20 gunshot wounds.[3][5]
The shell casings found at the crime scene belonged to an assault rifle, which is a weapon often used by organized crime. But the motive behind the assassination remains unknown.[2][6][7] It was rumored by people in Chihuahua that Cordero was dating someone involved in organized crime and was killed because of that. This information was not confirmed.[8]
Funeral
The Cordero family held a wake for María Isabella at the Blas Perches funeral home and a mass ceremony conducted by Father Jesús José Mata Trejo at 3:00 p.m. at the Asunción de María temple.[1][9] She was later buried at the La Colina de Chihuahua in the capital city by dozens of friends and family members on the afternoon of 18 April 2010.[10][11]
Context
With the death of Cordero, the death toll of
Cordero was killed in the state of
Since May 2008, Chihuahua had ranked at the top of the homicide list in the country. But by October 2012, the state of Guerrero surpassed Chihuahua as the state with the highest homicide rate in Mexico. The northern state of Nuevo León ranks third.[15]
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- ^ a b c d "Former Televisa Reporter Killed in Mexico". Latin American Herald Tribune. April 2010. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
- ^ a b c "Sicarios ejecutan a ex conductora de televisión en Chihuahua". La Prensa (in Spanish). Mexico City. 17 April 2010. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
- ^ "Acribillan a funcionaria de la CANACO en Chihuahua". Novedades de Tabasco (in Spanish). 17 April 2010. Archived from the original on 18 December 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
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- ^ "Matan a una ex presentadora de Televisa". El Mundo (Spain) (in Spanish). 18 April 2010. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
- ^ "Asesinan a ex conductora de Televisa en Chihuahua". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 18 April 2010. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
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- ^ Montoya Luna, Yuriko (18 April 2010). "Despiden entre llanto y dolor a conductora de TV". La Opción de Chihuahua (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 29 May 2010. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
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- ^ "Una ex conductora de televisión es asesinada en Chihuahua". CNNMéxico (in Spanish). 18 April 2010. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
- ^ "Asesinan a ex conductora de Televisa en Chihuahua". El Universal (Mexico City) (in Spanish). 16 April 2010. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
- ^ Stone, Hannah (1 October 2012). "Border State Chihuahua No Longer Leads Mexico Drug Killings". InSight Crime. Archived from the original on 9 October 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
- ^ Del Pozo, Melissa (1 October 2012). "Chihuahua dejó de ser la entidad más violenta". Milenio (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 18 December 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2012.