The body of Marbella Ibarra, a tireless promoter of women’s soccer in Mexico, has been found wrapped in plastic in Rosarito, a beach resort south of Tijuana, according to multiple reports.
She disappeared in mid-September, said family members, who believed she had been kidnapped. Her body, recovered on Monday, showed signs of torture, authorities said. Her hands and feet had been tied and she had been severely beaten.
She is believed to have been killed on Friday, said police, who are treating the case as a murder. Tijuana has long been wracked by killings and kidnappings, much of it tied to the drug trade.