12 Die in Chihuahua
Twelve people died in violence in Chihuahua, Mexico, according to press reports.
- The bodies of four people were found late to day apparently executed. The bodies were found near Fransisco Villa near San Francisco, Chihuahua.
Witnesses say the bodies were tossed from several light trucks. No other details were available.
- A female ministerial police agent was found executed late last Wednesday night at her home in the Torres de Sur III district in Juarez.
The victim was found in her official vehicle with several bullet holes.Investigators would not release the name of the victim.
- A father, son and uncle were found murdered late Wednesday night in the Loma Blanca district of the Valley of Juarez, along the Juarez-Porvenir highway. Authorities would not release the identities of the three victims.
The victims were found several meters apart from one another along the highway.
- An unidentified man was found murdered late last Wednesday night near a message spray painted in green on a wall for narcotics detectives. The vandalized wall was nearby a secondary school, Number 3059.
According to Mexican new reports, the graffiti mentioned the crime family La Linea, the Juarez based drug gang, and a cartel called New People. The graffiti also mentioned a member of the New People cartel called "The Arab". News reports provided no other details.
- One unidentified man was murdered in his truck in Juarez, according to Mexican press reports. The killing took place near the intersection of Cuicuilco and Granito in the Morelos district of Juarez.
Witnesses at the scene say the victim was parked for several minutes when gunmen from another light truck shot the man.
- Two men were shot to death late Wednesday night in a house near the intersection of Rosales and San Francisco in the Anähuac district of Juarez. Witnesses at the scene said a group of gunmen entered the patio to shoot the victims.
The identities of the two victims were not released by investigators.
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