Eight Die in Northern Mexico
Eight People died in drug and gang related violence in northern Mexico including two Mexican federal agents ambushed near Santiago, Nuevo Leon.
- A man was found shot to death Wednesday inside a car in Camargo, Chihuahua, according to Mexican news reports. Anastasio Portillo Muñoz, 44, was found lying in the front seat of his Ford sedan with wounds from multiple AK-47 shots near the intersection of Tercera and 20 de Noviembre streets.
The vehicle, which was shot up, was reported stolen last January, 2010.
- An unidentified 30 year old man was shot to death near a soccer field and two schools by armed suspects in the Chaveña district of Juarez, according to Mexican news accounts. The shooting took place at noon near the intersection of Freedom and Juan de Oñate while children were leaving school.
- An unidentified man was shot to death trying to avoid being abducted by armed suspects Tuesday evening in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, according to Mexican news accounts. The incident took place near the Lombardo Toledano district of Chihuahua when armed suspects attempted to abduct the three as they rode in a light truck. Witnesses say armed suspects aboard two light trucks fired on the vehicle forcing them to stop. When the victim attempted to flee, he was shot.
Investigators at the scene found several spend .223 cartridge casings.
- An unidentified man and woman were wounded in a shootout between rival gangs Tuesday evening in Chihuahua, say Mexican news reports. Municipal police were called to an area around Pascual Orozco and Ciudad Guerrero streets after sounds of gunfire were heard. The two victims were sent to the hospital by ambulance.
Investigators are currently investigating the incident.
- Two unidentified armed suspects were killed, one Coahuila State police agent, and a local police agent were wounded in a police operation Wednesday morning in Torreon, Coahuila, say Mexican news reports.
The incident, near the intersection of Calle Zaragoza between Avenidas Hidalgo and Morelos in the San Pedro district of Torreon, began when police attacked a parked SUV carrying three armed suspects. One of the men aboard the light truck fled after two of the suspects exited the vehicle dead from police return fire.
One State Police agent was lightly wounded, and a Preventative Police agent was seriously wounded after being fired on from other areas by other unidentified armed suspects after the third suspect left the scene. Officials seized a number of munitions in the raid, including rifles and magazines.
- Two unidentified people were found executed in south Monterrey, Nuevo Leon Wednesday, according to Mexican news accounts. Police were called to Km. Marker 243 of Carretera Nacional highway in the Santiago municipality in south Monterrey at the El Charro restaurant to investigate the report of two corpses in a car.
No other information was available.
- Two unidentified Mexican federal agents were found executed on a highway in Nuevo Leon Wednesday, according to Mexican news reports. The two agents were found dead in their patrol car on a highway to Garcia in the town of Santa Catarina near a trucking company location.
Reports are the two were executed at about 1400 hrs. The two are the third and fourth federal agents murdered in 10 days in Nuevo Leon.
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