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Death Toll is 21 in Northern Mexico

Twenty one people were killed in ongoing drug and gang related violence in northern Mexican states, including a dead Juarez police captain, six members of a drug rehab center, two police in Santiago, Nuevo Leon and two Juarez detention center employees.

Mexican news reports say 17 people died in Juarez alone Wednesday.
  • A man was shot to death near his home in Juarez Tuesday, say Mexican news accounts. Jose Javier Valenzuela Arellano, of 24, was shot in his Ford Explorer shortly after arriving at his home near the intersection of calles Fortín de la Soledad and Oaxaca in the Morelos III district of Juarez.

    Investigators found several spent cartridge casings for a .40 caliber weapon at the scene.

  • An unidentified man was shot to death and another two were wounded in a shooting Tuesday in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, say Mexican news reports.

    The victim was aboard his Chevrolet Avalanche when he was killed, while the two wounded were passersby riding in their Ford Windstar near the intersection of Avenida Miguel de Cervantes and 45th in the Paseos de Chihuahua district of Chihuahua.

  • An employee at a Juarez municipal detention facility was shot to death and another was wounded in a shooting Wednesday morning, say Mexican press accounts.

    Watchman Miguel Parada, 35, was found dead at the scene while Commander of the Guard Javier Rentería, 35, was taken to a nearby medical facility in critical condition. The two were shot on Calle Hacienda de Bustillos in the Las Haciendas district aboard a Ford Explorer which displayed gunshot holes, broken glass and open doors.

  • A Juarez municipal police captain was shot to death along with another unidentified man as they were leaving a convenience store Wednesday morning in Juarez, according to Mexican news accounts.

    Oscar Monrreal Lopez, a captain of the Distrito Aldama district was aboard a Chrevrolet Trailblazer leaving a Rapiditos store on Avenida Juan Gabriel when they were blocked by armed suspects riding aboard a Ford SUV. Witnesses say the men who emerged from the SUV were blond and had a south American accent.

    The suspects blocked traffic and executed their victims. The crime scene was also in front of an office of the Procuraduría de Justicia del Estado, a Chihuahua state attorney generals office. Police agents in the area did not attempt to pursue the attackers.

  • Six unidentified inmates at a Juarez drug rehabilitation center were shot to death Wednesday before noon, say Mexican press reports. The shooting took place in front of a seafood store, La Pasadita on Avenida Jilotepec. Four men and two women were shot to death. A young toddler was also in the line of fire but escaped harm, and is presumed to be the child of two of the victims.

    The victims were just just around the corner from their drug rehab center on Calle Piña when they were attacked.

  • A Juarez undertaker was shot to death in front of his business Wednesday, say Mexican press accounts. Carlos Covarrubias, 54, proprietor of Funeraria Covarrubias, died at the scene near the intersection of calles Felipe Ãngeles and Nicoläs Hermosillo while aboard his Chevrolet Suburban he used as a hearse.

    Investigators at the scene found 12 spent cartridge casings from a .40 caliber weapon.

  • A man was shot to death in front of his home by two armed assailants in Hermosillo, Sonora, Tuesday night, according to Mexican press accounts. Eduardo Briseño Quijada, 59, was killed at his home in the Campanario residential district. According to witnesses two men walked up to Briseño Quijada at about 2000 hrs as he arrived at his home and shot him several times with a 9mm weapon. The suspects then fled aboard a Ford sedan. Police were unable to locate the suspects following the shooting.

    Briseño Quijada was a truck sales proprietor.

  • The severed head of a man reported missing since early June was discovered by the man's wife Tuesday night in Hermosillo, Sonora, say Mexican press reports. Cristian Ivän Guzmän Dennis, de 29, was reported missing June 8th by his wife, Jazmín Carrillo de Guzmän, 20, at their residence on calle Montura in the El Rodeo district of Hermosillo.

    Mrs. Guzmän said she left her home for an hour when on her return she found a skull wrapped in a plastic bag near the entrance to the residence's garage. The victim was identified by dental records. Police have yet to locate the rest of the victim's body.

  • Two Santigo police officers were ambushed Wednesday afternoon, according to Mexican news accounts. Juan Venancio Galindo, 30, and Romän Figueroa, 32, were shot to death while travelling on a state highway south of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon at about Km. Marker 248. Reports say they were followed by armed suspects aboard a Ford pickup truck who fired on the police. The victims attempted but failed to escape the attack.

  • Four unidentified workers were shot to death Wednesday evening in Juarez, according to Mexican news reports.

    Witnesses say armed suspects aboard two Chevrolet Tahoe SUVs burst into an automobile electrical shop near the intersection of calles Puerto de Palos and Puerto Habana in the Tierra Nueva district. The killers claimed two victims. Later, the suspects went to a nearby auto alarm shop and shot two others.

  • One unidentified man was shot to death and two others were wounded in Juarez Wednesday afternoon, say Mexican news accounts. The attack which took place near the intersection of calles Mesa Central and Custodia de la Republica in the Fray García de San Francisco district when the three victims were riding aboard their Ford Explorer and were attacked by armed suspects.

    Investigators at the scene found at least 20 spent cartridges casings from AK-47 assault rifles.

Posted by: badanov 2010-06-17
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