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18 Die in Northern Mexico

A total of 18 individuals were murdered in drug and gan related violence in northern Mexican states including a prison director for the state of Sonora
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  • An unidentified man was shot to death Tuesday morning in Juarez. The victim was found in a park wrapped in a blanket near the intersection of calles Kenzo Tange and Adobe in the Horizontes Sur colony. A message that read, "I'm a pig," was found at the scene along with five spent 9mm casings.

  • The severed head of an unidentified woman was found in the streets of Jimenez, Chihuahua Sunday. The victim was found near the corner of calles Lazaro Cardenas and Alvaro Obregon.

  • An unidentified man was shot to death Monday morning in Juarez. The victim had just left a Rapiditos Bip Bip convenience store near the junction of Calle Ramon Rayon and Boulevard Zaragoza when armed suspects aboard a Toyota Tacoma pickup truck shot the victim. Twenty spent shell casings were found at the scene.

  • Six individuals were murdered in four separate crimes in Juarez Monday.
    • An unidentified mechanic died at a IMSS clinic after he was shot near the intersection of calles Puerto Cadiz and Puerto Marsella in the Tierra Nueva II colony.

    • In the Aldama colony two unidentified individuals were shot to death at Ignacio Allende gymnasium near the corner of calles 15 de Septiembre and Articulo 27.

    • At a residence near the intersection of calles Rafael Murguia and Oasis de Australia in the Pradera de Los Oasis colony an unidentified
      individual was shot to death.

    • On calle Ponciano Arriaga in the Revolucion Mexicana colony two men were shot to death.

  • The director of the Sonora prison system was shot to death in Hermosillo, Sonora Monday evening. Erasto Ortiz Valencia was shot outside a residence in the Villa Bonita colony.

  • Seven individuals were murdered in Torreon, Coahuila since January 1st.
    • Sunday evening an unidentified man was found shot in the chest near the corner of Calle Galeana and Bulevar Revolucion in the Vencedora colony.

    • Male and female gunshot victims were found near the junction of Calle Camperos and Privada Segunda de Caleras in the Cerro de La Cruz colony. A total of 15 AK-47 spent cartridge casings were found at the scene.

    • A man in his 40s was found shot to death in ejido La Perla. A single .40 caliber spent shell casing was found at the scene.

    • Two unidentified men were found shot to death on the ejido La Unión on Santa Rita road. Six .38 Super spent shell casings were also found at the scene.

    • An unidentified man was found shot to death in the ejido El Cambio on the old San Pedro road.

  • A man was shot to death at a party in Morelos, Chihuahua Saturday evening. Jose Gutierrez Jorge Lozoya, 32, died of wounds he sustained at a gathering of friends. Several other individuals at the gathering were fired on in the same incident but no injuries were reported.

Posted by: badanov 2011-01-05
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