Woman, 63, Suspected of Dog Killings in Mexico City's Trendy Condesa District Agence France-Presse
go to original October 27, 2015

A five-year-old German shepherd, named Box, is among the victims. (Associated Press)

Update: 2 Women Behind Mexico City Dog Killings, Prosecutors Say (EFE)

A 63-year-old woman is the main suspect in the poisoning of at least 11 dogs in a popular Mexico City park, a string of killings that have frightened pet owners.

The woman has been identified but has yet to be arrested after she admitted what she did to another person, a city prosecutor told AFP on Monday.

The witness was walking a dog when the 63-year-old woman struck up a conversation and "talked about her aversion to dogs, said she knew about poison because she was a chemist, and that she killed the dogs," prosecutor Oscar Montes de Oca said.

The suspect lives in a neighborhood near the trendy Condesa district, where Mexico Park, the scene of the crimes, is located, de Oca said.

But she has not been detained yet because she was not caught red-handed placing poison-laced meat at the park, a location beloved by dog owners in the mega-capital of 20 million people.

De Oca said investigators are reviewing 278 recordings from street surveillance cameras to find more evidence in the case, which has outraged animal rights groups.

...The sentence of killing an animal is two to four years in prison in Mexico City.

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