Following his arrest four other bus drivers were arrested. State prosecutors originally said El Dracula confessed, but the suspect later protested in court papers that the confession had been beaten out of him. Police said El Dracula admitted having sex with the teen-ager who accused him of rape but said it had been consensual. Another victim had come forward, saying she too had been raped by Guardado. Police said Guardado admitted having sex with her but identified another bus driver as her killer.
Authorities believe the gang of bus drivers waited for the last person in their bus to attack.
Estimates quote between 20 and 30 girls killed by this lethal bus ring. Following their arrests the four bus drivers were accused in slaying 190 women. Police here are not trained to properly investigate a case. Victor Moreno Rivera, a U.S. citizen accused of raping and killing several young women in Ciudad Juarez, said police wrapped him in blankets and poured water on him, nearly smothering him. At a news conference last week in Ciudad Juarez, the first request reporters made was for Moreno Rivera and the other three suspects to raise their shirts.