Five Die in Northern Mexico
Five people lost their lives in drug and gang related violence in northern Mexican states, including the murder of a man and his toddler.
- A young man and his daughter were shot to death in the course of a police stakeout in Juarez, according to Mexican news reports.
Adrian Hernändez, 22 and his daughter, Linaly, 3, were shot by armed suspects who were being followed by Mexican federal agents near the intersection of Fernando Montes de Oca y Luciano Becerra in the Papalote district of Juarez. Reports are the two were shot with AK-47s. Witnesses say they were shot about 14 times.
- Two unidentified men were found shot to death inside their car near Meoqui, Chihuahua, say Mexican news reports. Both men were bound and shot several times in the head with AK-47 and 9mm weapons. They were aboard a Chrysler Sebring located near the intersection of Coordenada 42 and Canal Revestido.
- An unidentified man was found shot to death in his vehicle near the Canteras district south of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon.
Police were dispatched neat the intersection of Avenida Enrique H. Herrera and Paseo Belinda, by reports of car containing a partially decomposed body. Investigators at the scene sai the man was shot to death, but did not release any other information.
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