Who was Diana, Hunter of Bus Drivers, in Juarez, according to writer Yuri Herrera?

Diana, Hunter of Bus Drivers, is the name signed on an email sent to the El Paso news site La Polaca after a blonde woman shot two bus drivers on the same Juarez route on August 28 and 29, 2013. The email said she was avenging women sexually abused by drivers on the factory night shifts. Yuri Herrera notes there is no evidence the dead drivers had committed any crime, no proof the email came from the shooter, and the woman has not been seen since.

• The killings took place on bus route 4A, which Herrera rode at the hours of the shootings.
• Herrera places the case against at least 304 women murdered in Juarez in 2010 alone.
• Some drivers reportedly posted a sketch of Diana by their dashboards and refused to let look-alikes board.

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