Eleven Dead Including a Mexican Federal Attorney
Eleven people were killed in violence in northern Mexico that included a kidnapping, and a dead Mexican federal attorney.
- Three unidentified men were found shot to death on a highway in Chihuahua Monday evening, according to Mexican news reports. The victims were bound by their hands and found at about the Km. 39 marker on the Cuauhtémoc to Carichi highway at about 1800 hrs,
Investigators at the scene say the men died from 9mm wounds to the head, and had been at the location about 12 hours. Investigators found 29 spent 9mm cartridge casings at the scene.
- A Juarez police officer was found shot to death Tuesday morning, according to Mexican news accounts.
The victim, Servando Gonzalez, was found lying dead next to his Dodge Ram pickup truck which was assigned to the victim. A black Nissan was also at the scene which had a single bullet hole police think may have been used in the killing.
Late reports say the police officer shot two of his attackers as he tried to flee the attack. The man was apparently ambushed as he headed to work.
- An unidentified man was abducted Tuesday morning by three armed men whom witnesses said claimed to be Mexican federal agents. The incident occurred at 3900 Pablo Meoqui street when the htree unidentified suspects emerged from a Chevrolet Tahoe, hanfcuffed their victim, and then hauled him away. The Tahoe had no license tag.
- One unidentified man was shot to death and another was wounded inside a Juarez convenience store Tuesday, according to Mexican news reports. Investigators said the victims were shot with AK-47s before the suspect fled aboard a white Subaru in an unknown direction. Investigators found 20 spent rifle cartridge casings at the scene.
The store was called the Super la Luz at 2nd and Fresno streets in the Granjas Cerro Grande district of Juarez.
- Two unidentified men were executed this morning in Chihuahua, according to Mexican newspaper accounts. Late reports the two were in the business of cleaning cars.
The victims were found near the intersection of Avenida Industrias and Calle Los Nogales. Investigators at the scene found eight spent weapon casings but did not release the type.
- One man was killed and two others were wounded near the offices of the Public Prosecutor, according to Mexican news reports.
The victim who died, Horacio Rodriguez, was a criminal defense attorney with a federal practice. One of he wounded was his brother, Paul Rodriguez. The other wounded victim was unidentified. The shooting took place at the main entrance of the offices of the PGR at Hermanos Escobar and Lincoln avenues.
- A Juarez mechanic in his late 30s was shot to death in Juarez Monday evening, say Mexican news accounts.
The shooting took place near Valerio Trujano and Niño Artillero streets in the Morelos I district of Juarez. Witnesses say armed suspects aboard a Ford F-150 drove by and shot the victim.
- An unidentified man was executed at an auto parts store in Juarez, according to Mexican ndews accounts.
The victim was said to be a manager at the Mr Pickup parts store at Camino Viejo near Rosita and J. Clouthier streets. Witnesses say several armed men were involved in the murder.
- A man was found murdered in far western Sonora, according to Mexican news reports. The man, Jesús Valenzuela Mendvil, 27, had been reported missing and presumed kidnapped the previous day. He was last seen in a white Chevrolet Lumina in the company of three men and a woman.
Mendvil's corpse was found about four kilometers from the Cerro Prieta volcano near Säric, Sonora. Reports say he had a single gunshot wound to his forehead.
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