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arrested his parents and threatened to torture them unless he confessed. Speaking about the El Paso police, Fierro said: "He told me if I signed, then they'd let them go, and if not, they were going to torture them." At Fierro's trial, Juárez and El Paso police denied any wrongdoing. No physical
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arrested two men suspected of the crime who were later released. In late July, Geraldo Olague told
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