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More Mexican Mayhem
Six Die in Northern Mexico
Six people lost their lives in ongoing drug related and gang violence in northern Mexico which included a Juarez CIPOL agent shot to death near his home.
- Three men were shot to death Monday morning in Juarez in three separate crimes Monday morning, according to the Mexican news daily La Polaka.
Juan Vazquez, 43, was found in a hotel room on calle Manuel Acuña with three gunshot wounds one to the head. An unidentified female companion was arrested at the scene in which she and the scene were covered in blood. An unidentified man was found shot to death on calle Oasis Revolucion on a vacant lot next to a church.
A Juarez CIPOL agent was found shot to death near his home near the intersection of calles Tepatzingo and Congreso Constituyente in the Morelos 2 district. Luis Rey Macias, 43, was hit four times in the head. His home was riddled with bullet holes.
A CIPOL agent is similar to a detective.
- An unidentified man was shot to death and another was wounded in a garage of a residence late Sunday night in Juarez, according to Mexican news reports..
Witnesses say the shooting, near the intersection of Rubén Jaramillo and América Latina in the Villa Nueva district took place when a number of armed suspects riding aboard a Ford Explorer drove by the residence and fired on the pair, killing one and wounding the other.
- An unidentified minor was stabbed to death while saving another minor female from an attempted rape by a well known minor gang member early Sunday morning in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, say Mexican news reports. The incident took place at a shelter near the intersection of calles Río Chuvíscar and Río Tamesis in the Martín López district of Chihuahua.
According to the translation, the young gang member, furious he had been denied entry to a shelter, sexually attacked a minor female. When another minor male attempted to intervene, he was stabbed by the gang member, mortally wounding him. The ruckus alerted an adult who attempted to intervene and was stabbed as well.
The gang member escaped without capture, but was also injured in the fight. He was later denounced by the surviving victims while at the hospital.
- One man was shot to death and another was wounded by an armed suspect Monday afternoon in the southern zone of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, according to Mexican press accounts.
Alfredo Esparza Perales, 36, was shot near the intersection of calles de Tamaulipas y Ornelas in the América 2 district. Manuel Zúñiga was shot and wounded nearby.
According to witnesses the two were shot by armed suspects riding aboard an unidentified vehicle. Investigators at the scene found seven 9mm spent cartridge casings.
Posted by: badanov 2010-06-22 |
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