Grieving

A University of British Columbia student who once lived in Montreal was found stabbed and strangled with her hands tied behind her back near a Mexican beach, in a slaying local news media say may be linked to organized crime.

Ximena Osegueda, 39, a Mexican national who had become a Canadian citizen, was working on her doctorate in Hispanic studies in the town of Huatulco, about 500 kilometres southeast of Mexico City, when she went missing on Dec. 13.

Ximena was a wonderful person, people. A scholar, a thinker, a fighter. She did her BA in Hispanic Studies at Concordia University in Montreal and her MA at McGill University.

This is a horrible tragedy.

16 responses to “Grieving”

  1. Spanish Prof Avatar

    I’m so sorry to hear that, Clarissa. What a horrible thing to happen.

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    1. bloggerclarissa Avatar

      Thank you, Spanish Prof. She was only 38 years old.

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  2. kinjal Avatar

    very unfortunate that an academic of all people would be the victim of mafia gangs.

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    1. bloggerclarissa Avatar

      And a very vibrant, kind, beautiful person, too.

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  3. Jaime Avatar
    Jaime

    I’m so sorry Clarissa. How abhorrent. I wish there was more I could say or do.

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    1. bloggerclarissa Avatar

      Thank you, Jaime. I still can’t believe this. She was there and now she isn’t.

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  4. Bakouchaïev Avatar
    Bakouchaïev

    Sorry to hear that. Never really to deal with something like that so far in my life.

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  5. P. rhoeas Avatar

    What a revolting thing to happen. I’m so sorry.

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  6. nominatissima Avatar

    I’m so sorry Clarissa. My condolences to her family and loved ones.

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    1. bloggerclarissa Avatar

      Thank you! I barely managed to get through my classes today because it’s something one can’t absorb for a while.

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  7. Pish Posh Avatar

    How shocking, such brutality! I am so sorry and angered. Condolences to her family and friends.

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  8. twicerandomly Avatar

    I am so sorry. It is such a tragedy when someone dies so young. And so hard to accept that the universe could be such a cruel place to let something like that happen.

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    1. bloggerclarissa Avatar

      Thank you, everybody, for the kind words.

      What a tragedy.

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  9. Jennifer Frances Armstrong Avatar

    Sorry to hear it. I never know what to say.

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    1. bloggerclarissa Avatar

      I don’t know what to say either, actually.

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  10. Z Avatar

    How awful!

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