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Ten Die in Violence in Northern Mexico

Ten people were killed in drug and gang related violence in northern Mexico, including an attack on the Secretary of Public Security of Nuevo Leon.
  • Two partially identified young men were gunned down in Chihuahua Wednesday afternoon, say Mexican news accounts.

    Witnesses say armed suspects riding aboard a Dodge Durago SUV fired on the pair several times near the intersection of calles Privad a de Niños Héroes and 12th in central Chihuahua.

  • Three unidentified men were shot to death in two separate crimes in the city of Chihuahua Wednesday, according to Mexican new reports. In the Sierra Azul district of Chihuahua Wednesday evening, a man was shot to death and a woman he was with was wounded in front of their home by a group of armed suspects. Witnesses say he was shot as soon as he stepped from his vehicle.

    Two unidentified men were shot to death near the city center of Chihuahua Wednesday night. Witnesses say a group of gunmen burst into the Aurora bar near the intersection of calles 25th and Niños Héroes nd shot the two.

  • An unidentified man in his 20s was found beaten and shot to death in Mexicali, according to Mexican news accounts. Reports are that the body was discovered Wednesday afternoon in the Las Margaritas district, west of the city near the intersection of calles Aciano and Paula. The man was shot in the head and dumped. The body had numerous tattoos.

  • A unit of the Mexican Army arrested a drug dealer and distributor who was working out of a house in Mexicali, say Mexican news accounts. Elements of the Mexican 23rd Motorized Cavalry Regiment arrested Benito Ortiz Salazar, 47, of Culiacan, Sinaloa at 1550 Avenida Agrícola in the Rivera district of Mexicali.

    The soldiers had been staking out the location since dawn Wednesday when they observed Salazar leaving the location. The arrested yielded a kilograqm of methamphetimine and a kilogram of cocaine, as well as a Toyota RAV4 SUV.

  • A police agent was wounded and another was abducted in an attack on the convoy escorting the Nuevo Leon Secretary iof Public Security, say Mexican news reports. The attack took place Wednesday afternoon in the community of Garcia, Nuevo Leon, when the convoy escorting Manuel Olivas Martinez was attacked by armed suspects with high powered rifles and a hand grenade.

    The convoy escaped and attempted to find refuge in a Center of Commando of Operaciones Policiales (CCOP) facility in Garcia. Following a broadcast of threats on police radio, one of the escorting agents were abducted. The armed suspects left after firing on the building leaving bullet holes in the walls and glass windows.

  • A man was found executed in his car in Wednesday night. Luis Gerardo Torres Ramírez, 51, was found aboard his car near the intersection of Leopoldo Gonzalez Saenz and Séptima Avenida, in the Cerro de la Campana district of southern Monterrey.

    Investigators say the man as shot to death by large caliber weapons.

  • Three men were executed in Tijuana in two separate crimes, say Mexican national news reports. One of the victims, a man in his 30s, were found in the latrine of a house near the intersection of calles Vicente Guerrero and Valerio Trujano de colonia Mariano Matamoros district of Tijuana. He had been shot in the chest.

    The other two victims were shot by armed suspects from a moving vehicle on the avenida 34 Sur, in the Sanchez Taboada district. reports were that one of the two were witnesses of a police chase against other suspects.

Posted by: badanov 2010-06-11
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