16 Dead in Northern Mexican Violence
Today's 3M includes the six known dead in Urique. If more are reported the additional count will be included in a new 3M.
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Sixteen people were murdered in drug and gang related violence in Chihuahua according to Mexican published reports. The violence includes two missing Mexican federal agents presumed abducted, and an inter-gang shootout in southern Chihuahua.
- Three unidentified men were executed in the Felipe Angels district of Juarez late Thursday night, say Mexican news reports. According to witnesses, the trio attempted to flee their attackers, but were instead shot to death. No other details were available.
- Five unidentified people were found executed near Santa Isabel, Chihuahua, according to Mexican news reports. Motorists spotted the corpses along the General Trias to Riva Palacios highway around 0600 hrs Friday morning.
The bodies displayed wounds from gunfire. No other details were available.
- An unidentified man was found shot to death in Juarez underneath a bridge Friday, according to Mexican news accounts. The approximately 40 year old man was found atop a blanket near the Viaduct Diaz Ordaz under the bridge of the Norzagaray street.
Investigators think the body was dumped at the location and was shot elsewhere.
- A poll worker for Chihuahua gubernatorial Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) candidate Caesar Duarte was gunned down by unknown assailant Friday afternoon in Juarez. Jorge Grouse Grouse died at the scene at Juan Pablo II Boulevard around 85th street. Two females accompanying him were unharmed.
The shooting represents another violent event in the campaign, the last of which was a shooting by the Mexican Army against campaign vehicles. The army claimed the shooting an an accidental discharge of a weapon, and no one was harmed but later said two days ago they would investigate.
- Two federal agents on patrol in Nuevo Leon are reported missing and are presumed kidnapped according to Mexican news reports. The Sergio Torres, 30, and Geovanni Aguiar, 35, of were patrolling along a road leading to Reynosa, Nuevo Leon, when they disappeared.
Reports say armed men aboard several trucks had apparently intercepted the agents near Cadereyta, Nuevo Leon. Mexican police and military are searching for the missing agents.
- Six gunmen were killed in a running gunfight in Urique, Chihuahua, Tuesday, Mexican news reports say.
Residents of the tiny community say the gunfight lasted more than 40 minutes and involved more than 20 men from two different gangs. Last reports say elements of the Mexican Army 42nd Military Zone are currently deployed in the community to assist authorities in the aftermath.
Currently authorities are releasing no more information, however, some unconfirmed reports indicate as many as ten died in the gun battle.
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