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More Mexican Mayhem
The body dump near Ciudad Vitoria, Tamaulipas is included in today's More Mexican Mayhem death count. For a map, click here.
31 Die in Northern Mexico

Drug and gang violence claimed at least 31 lives in northern Mexico, including a gunfight at the Nogales, Sonora, airport and a kidnap hostage rescue in Tamaulipas.
  • Four unidentified men were shot to death in Juarez Thursday, say Mexican press reports. The attack took place near the intersection of Independencia and Juärez-Porvenir road. Reports say a single armed suspect shot the two inside their Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck. Stray rounds struck and killed two more people nearby.

  • Two people were shot to death and two people were wounded in an attack near a commercial center in Juarez, according to Mexicn news accounts. Fernando Garcia Urrutia and Roberto Urrea Caraveo were shot in the Plaza Portales shopping center in the Campestre district. Two more unidentified victims were also shot and are hospitalized.

  • A man was shot to death in Juarez, say Mexican press accounts. David Orozco, 50, was shot at his residence near the intersection of calles Esther Gómez and Elisa Griensen in the Independencia II district. Orozco is the final survivor of his family the remainder of which were murdered last April.

  • Two unidentified men were shot to death in two separate crimes in Juarez Thursday, accordng to the Mexican daily La Polaka. The first attack took place near the intersection of calles Puerto Argentino and Mar del Sur in the Paraje de Oriente district. Two men were hit by armed suspects firing rifles. One man died and another was wounded and hospitalized.

    In the second attack, which took place near the intersection of calles Tercera and Durango in the Infonavit Ampliacion Aeropuerto district, where a man was shot seven times and died at the scene

  • An unidentified man was shot to death and two more wounded following a confrontation with security elements in Nogales, Sonora, say Mexican press reports. As of the moment it is unclear who the responding authorities were, except the battle took place at the airport in Nogales. Reports say AK-47 assault rifles were used in the gunfight.

  • Six people were killed in intergang battles in Tamaulipas, according to Mexican press reports. Four men were shot to death in Nuevo Laredo and two victims were found burned inside of an abandoned car in Diaz Ordaz.

  • The Mexican Army based in Reynosa, Tamaulipas reported the rescue of an unidentified kidnap victim in the town of La Providencia, Tamaulipas July 25th. The rescue took place when a Mexican Army convoy was fired on while on patrol. Following then end of the firefight, the Army seized 14 rifles, 178 weapons magazines and about 4,000 cartridges.

      • Posted by: badanov 2010-07-30
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