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13 Die in Violence in Chihuahua, Sonora, Baja California
Four people were killed Wednesday and another seven were killed Thursday in Chihuahua, Mexico in ongoing attacks Mexican newspapers characterize as executions.
- A man was murdered Thursday while shopping near the intersection of The Youth and the Abolition of Slavery, Mexican news reports say.
Witnesses say the man was shot from a Cadillac Escalade. Reports from the scene indicate he was shot with a 9mm weapon.
- The owner of The Tobogan wine and liquor store was shot by three men Thursday near the intersection of 64th Street and JÃmenez in the district de la Cruz in Juarez.
Witnesses say the killers exited a Mitsubishi vehicle, entered the store and then shot the man as he emerged from behind the counter. Witnesses also mentioned this was a second incident and the shooting may have been in retaliation from an earlier incident.
Investigators at the scene said the man was shot with a 9mm weapon.
- Two women died aged 19 and 35 years old and another was wounded in a shooting Wednesday night in the Loma Blanca district of Juarez while travelling on a highway. Authorities were still investigating the shooting.
- Two men were found shot to death Wednesday night at 1935 hrs. near the intersection of Vicente Guerrero and Felipe Angels in the Benito Ju�rez sector in Saucillos, Chihuahua. Investigators say that Juan Carlos Talamantes, 27, and Jesus Manuel Herrera Go'mez, 30, were both shot with a variety of weapons including .40 caliber, AK-47, and .45 caliber weapons.
- A person was found shot to death Wednesday near the University of Lomas at the intersection of BahÃas de San QuintÃn y Universidad de Viena in Campo Bello. Investigators at the scene say the person was shot at 17 times.
- A 30 year old man was found murdered near the intersection of 3rd Street and Francisco Villa in the district Villa Ju�rez in Juarez. The body was gagged with tape and was riddled with bullets.
- Two men Mexican federal authorities say were known criminals were shot to death by federal forces late Tuesday night, say Mexican news reports. Juan Arthur Sanchez Lechuga and Gustavo Alberto Aguirre both had served time in federal prison for weapons and drug trafficking.
A subsequent investigation yielded two separate arsenals: 1 AK47 assault rifle, a 9mm derringer, a .22 caliber pistol, a .22 caliber rifle, a hand grenade, 10 AK-47 and 9mm magazines, 406 cartridges of various types, one military uniform.
A second arsenal find included: four AK-47 assault rifles, three AR-15 assault rifles, one grenade, 939 cartridges of various types, 20 magazines, 14 flak vests, three vehicles and a motorcycle.
- In Camargo, a farmer was murdered in his house, shot with assault rifles, according to Mexican press reports. According to press reports the victim, Luis Servando Torres Maldonado, 45, was found by his mother who said Maldonado was the third son murdered since the end of 2008.
Maldonado was shot more than 30 times with AR-15 and AK-47 rifles.
- In northern Hermosillo, Sonora, the body of a woman, 29, was found in an uncultivated lot near the intersection of De Anza between Yocupicio and Salvador Alvarado.
The woman was identified as Ana Cristina Mayoral Fierro. Investigators said she was shot in the mouth with a 9mm weapon.
- One person was killed and another was wounded in a night time attack at a supermarket in Nogales, Sonora, according to Mexican press reports. Manuel Covarrubias Serrano, 32, was found aboard the vehicle he was shot in. Serrano was shot in the head said investigators at the scene. An unidentified passenger who was also in the vehicle was hospitalized.
- In Tijuana, Baja California, was man was found dead early Thursday morning inn the district Cinco de Mayo, according to Mexican press reports. Investigators at the scene said that Carlos Castillo, 45, was shot with a 9mm weapon.
Posted by: badanov 2010-05-07
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