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Death in Durango: Toll in Mass Graves Rises to 102 -- UPDATED
For a map, click here. For a map of Durango, click here. To see the last Rantburg report on the Durango city mass graves click here. Updated to include remarks by Durango state Secretaria de Gobierno, Héctor Vela Valenzuela.The death toll in the Durango, Durango mass graves rose to 102 Thursday as an additional six individuals were found, and two Durango state police commanders were shot to death in two shootouts in Durango city Thursday, according to Mexican news accounts. Although a late news report by the Mexican news daily Milenio quoted sources saying a third gravesite exists west of Durango city which contained as many as 40 victims, the death toll includes only those found in the original two sites. The exhumations began three weeks ago as Mexican Federal agents acting on a phoned in tip found four dead buried in the Providencia colony of Durango city. Information developed from arrests revealed a second site nearby near a radiator shop in La Fuentes colony. The latest reports in Milenio continue to suggest a third site exists between the city limits of Durango and El Salto in the Pueblo Nuevo municipality. Sources on the report are anonymous and the facts are unconfirmed. In an interview published early this morning in Milenio Secretaria de Gobierno, Héctor Vela Valenzuela said that many of the corpses were as few a six months to as many as four years old. Vela Valenzuela pointed out comparisons by saying the oldest corpse found in Tamaulipas is no more than eight months old. Vela Valenzuela said that 14 individuals have so far submitted DNA samples in connection with the Durango graves. Last reports were that more than 200 individuals had submitted DNA samples in the San Fernando, Tamaulipas cases. In related news, two Durango state police agents were killed in shootouts and pursuits in Durango city. A patrol of the Durango state Policia Estatal Preventiva was fired on on Bulevar Francisco Villa at about 1740 hrs Thursday by armed suspects killing state police agent Raul Segura Antuna and wounding two others. Security forces responding to the subsequent Code Red entered several colonies in Durango inclduing El Eden, Granja Graciela, Fidel Velasquez and Domingo Arrieta colonies in search of armed suspects involved in the shooting on Bulevar Francisco Villa. During the sweep a police commander Sergio Hernandez Escobedo, was shot and killed while travelling on Bulevar Politecnico. A few meters away a third shootout took place near Durango state government offices on Bulevar Domingo Arrieta, where one armed suspects and a number of weapons were seized. Posted by: badanov 2011-04-30 |
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