Another Member of Anti-Crime Crusader Family is Murdered

Human rights activists hang a sign on the wall of the state prosecutors office to protest the killing of Marisela Escobedo Ortiz in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Friday Dec. 17, 2010. Escobedo, who had been protesting for three days in front of the governor's office in Chihuahua city to demand justice for her slain daughter, was shot in the head Thursday by unknown assailants in front of the governor's office, authorities said Friday. The body of Escobedo's daughter, Rubi Frayre Escobedo, was found burned and dismembered in a trash bin in Ciudad Juarez on June 18, 2009 after she went missing for nearly a year. (AP Photo/Raymundo Ruiz) (AP2010)

A week after Marisela Escobedo Ortiz was fatally shot after embarrassing authorities by publicly demanding progress in bringing her 17-year-old daughter's killer to justice, the brother of her partner has been murdered, and his business has been burnt to the ground.

The Chihuahua state attorney general's office says the body of Manuel Monge Amparan was identified Sunday after being dumped on a street in Ciudad Juárez, across from El Paso, Texas.

The body was found Saturday after Monge's lumber business was set on fire, prosecutors said.

Monge was the brother of José Monge, whose partner, Marisela Escobedo Ortiz, was shot to death Thursday outside the offices of Chihuahua Gov. César Duarte. The activist had said she wouldn't move until investigators showed progress in bringing her 17-year-old daughter's killer to justice.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.