Episode 165: The Taxi Driver & The Missing Girls In Mexico (Case of Debanhi Escobar)

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The woman leaped to her death - plunging her body into the cold water of the river. She left a note that said “to my devil husband, I can only commit suicide to expose your crime and to tell the world about my helplessness.”

It shocked the nation. She had been married to one of the richest, most powerful men in the nation. What did he do?

And how does that connect to the haunting last picture of a woman that lives 7,168 miles away? The one that vanished after a suspicious taxi ride. Her driver even took a haunting last picture of her before she was killed. How are these two women connected?

Full Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com

Source notes:

http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20160920000275

https://soranews24.com/2014/02/26/seoul-anti-suicide-initiative-backfires-deaths-increase-over-than-six-times/

http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/599060.html

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/seoul-using-ai-detect-prevent-suicide-attempts-bridges-2021-06-30/

https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-KRTB-4514

https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2021/12/281_320641.html?fl

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/south-korea-suicides-mapo-bridge-uplifting-signs_n_1934889

https://onehallyu.com/topic/777215-ddoboja-article-translation-mystery-surrounds-the-death-of-koreana-hotel-ceos-wife-lee-mi-ran/

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2017/04/251_227349.html

https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3002468/amid-k-pop-scandals-two-stars-urged-reveal-truth-actress?module=perpetual_scroll_0&pgtype=article&campaign=3002468

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/08/13/case-reopens-nine-years-after-s-korean-actress-suicide

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/i-want-you-to-die-koreas-tv-chosun-ceo-resigns-after-daughter-10-is-caught-abusing

https://www.163.com/dy/article/H4JAUO1R05527HE4.html

https://news.have8.tv/2981218.html

https://www.storm.mg/lifestyle/3379577?page=2

https://inf.news/zh-hans/world/0336b37070cb8cdb8c48732b740601a4.html

https://www.zhihu.com/question/483522041/answer/2276507954

https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2022/04/27/debanhi-escobar-que-paso-joven-muerta-en-nuevo-leon-mexico-orix/

https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2022/03/08/que-es-un-feminicidio-o-femicidio-delito-homicidio-orix/

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/18343920/who-is-debanhi-escobar/

https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxd3xq/debanhi-escobar-murdered

https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3v7vw/mexico-debanhi-escobar-found-dead-presidents-comments

https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7dayb/debanhis-death-killed-our-hope-fear-over-missing-women

https://www.vice.com/en/article/epxwkm/mexico-nuevo-leon-missing-women

https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgdjpk/a-shame-campaign-is-trying-to-blame-debanhi-escobar-for-her-own-death

https://www.the-sun.com/news/5179675/debanhi-escobar-body-found-final-picture-roadside/

https://www.kiratas.com/the-nuevo-leon-prosecutors-office-detains-the-alleged-feminicide-of-maria-fernanda-contreras/

https://www.canadianpost.news/the-terror-of-the-last-disappeared-in-nuevo-leon/

https://www.reporteindigo.com/reporte/presunto-feminicida-de-maria-fernanda-era-su-excompanero-de-trabajo-y-le-debia-dinero-papa-de-victima/

https://www.canadianpost.news/the-terror-of-the-last-disappeared-in-nuevo-leon/

https://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/estados/2022/04/25/yolanda-martinez-cadena-esto-sabemos-sobre-su-desaparicion-en-nuevo-leon/

https://www.milenio.com/policia/yolanda-martinez-cadena-esto-sabemos-de-su-desaparicion-en-nl

https://www.dw.com/en/mexico-grapples-with-crisis-of-95000-missing-persons/a-60248584#:~:text=Mexico%20has%20registered%2095%2C000%20missing,storage%20rooms%20in%20the%20country.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/04/seventh-journalist-killed-mexico

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regina_Mart%C3%ADnez_P%C3%A9rez

https://ipi.media/calling-for-justice-for-mexican-journalist-regina-martinez-10-years-after-her-murder/

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/27/world/americas/debanhi-escobar-mexico.html

https://www.milenio.com/policia/yolanda-martinez-cadena-esto-sabemos-de-su-desaparicion-en-nl

https://california18.com/there-are-4-new-videos-of-yolanda-martinez-a-young-woman-who-disappeared-in-nuevo-leon/4448052022/

https://www.milenio.com/sociedad/continua-busqueda-yolanda-joven-desaparecida-san-nicolas

https://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/estados/2022/04/25/subsecretario-de-nuevo-leon-se-reune-con-familia-de-yolanda-martinez-cadena/

https://www.kiratas.com/debanhi-maria-fernanda-and-yolanda-come-back-every-night/

https://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/caso-yolanda-martinez-sin-avances-en-investigacion-para-localizarla/1512479

https://getindianews.com/debanhi-escobar-taxi-driver/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topo_Chico_(prison)

https://www.infobae.com/en/2022/04/09/the-keys-to-the-murder-of-marifer-contreras-his-death-from-a-blow-to-the-head-and-the-companion-is-still-missing/

DISCLAIMER: Some links are listed in the source material but the material may never be discussed in the podcast (I just wanted to list them because they gave me a deeper picture of the case in full). If there are un-verifiable sources (ie Reddit) - they are typically referred to as un-verified sources, opinions, and or theories in the podcast and not treated as fact.